[Temp Check] l2.eth to Enable Chain-Specific Addresses

[pol.eth]

@nick.eth

There is no ‘free market’ for allocating 1- and 2-character domains. The DAO is free to set whatever rules it wants for those unreleased categories.

Allocating 1 and 2 char .eth names should be market based.

@nick.eth

ENS is first-and-foremost a public good, though, and considerations of revenue maximisation do not outweigh the goal of making it maximally useful to people. Thus, “we could bring in more money if we sold this” shouldn’t be enough to outweigh the public good of allocating a name for something that will be generally useful to everyone.

Using a 3 char instead of l2.eth doesn’t impact ENS status as a public good at all. l2s.eth will be as useful as l2.eth without missing out on revenue that will serve to support public goods more.

But what does impact ENS as a public good is what you supported here:

@nick.eth

ENS has become substantially more useful, and the US dollar has declined substantially in purchasing power since ENS was launched. Both of these point towards a higher price being warranted

@nick.eth

Then the same can be said to anyone else looking to acquire the name.

I’d rather say it to someone who wants to give it away for free than to someone who is willing to pay for it because he values it.

@pol.eth

A tweet from @ensdomains would go a long way. Both informing the community about this discussion and allowing people to express their opinion.

Any thoughts on this?