Just to be clear - revenue to ENS or True Names is not a motivating factor here. The pricing scheme should stand on its own as the best way to allow as many users as possible to get the names they want to use, not as a revenue source.
Again, the goal here would be to reduce the fees for most registrants. Only those registering for short periods would be likely to see any kind of increase.
I did do some research on long registrations - there are very few names that have been registered for long durations (much less, by squatters); it may even be practical to offer a refund to users to reflect a new discounted fee schedule.
Again, the point of this post isnât to discuss the exact prices of one possible proposal. Those prices were only intended to be illustrative.
Why? Squatters will predominantly want to register for short periods to save their funds, while regular users likely want to keep their names for an extended period. Do you disagree? I think it would be more productive to have a conversation about whether this assumption is correct than to waste time litigating a fee schedule that was not intended as anything other than a demonstration of the discounting function.
Again, the goal is not to increase prices on users - quite the reverse.
Squattersâ goals are to buy names cheaply and sell them for a lot more to people who want to actually use the names. In economics terms this is a âdeadweight lossâ, and it runs directly in opposition to the interests of our legitimate users. Making squatting less profitable makes life easier for end-users.
Can you start a thread about this, and what it is youâd like to see? It could be an interesting conversation, but I would like to (try and) keep this thread on-topic.
You may be right about this, in which case we should be discussing other ways to distinguish user types and make it easier for users who want to use their names. I would say, though - habits can be changed, and are affected a lot by UI design and what is easy and straightforward. Gas fees currently outweigh registration fees by an order of magnitude, so I donât think a lack of budget is the deciding factor here.