ENS DAO Newsletter #83
03/25/25
Welcome
New editions — Bi-weekly on Tuesdays
Previous editions — Archived on the Forum
New proposals — Updates via Telegram
ENS DAO Dashboard — Available for public review
Submit your updates! — project updates wanted!
📰 Newsletter Roundup
ENS Labs: ICANN Summit Recap, ETHGlobal Taipei, Venmo PYUSD
Community: ghostfacekillah.eth, POAP adds ENS tagging, brantly.eth to speak at EthCC
Meta-Gov: Endowment Monthly Report, Security Council Check, Delegate All-Hands
Ecosystem: Grants, Project Highlights, ENSIP Updates
Public Goods: QF Round is now live, Discussing Grant Strategy
📆 Calendar
Refer to the official ENS DAO Calendar for meeting links and times. Any other sources are not guaranteed to be accurate. Access the ENS Calendar here.
⭐️ ENS DAO Term 6 Dashboard
The ENS DAO Term 6 Dashboard is a comprehensive guide to ENS DAO’s governance and activities. It includes key resources such as the ENS DAO Constitution, meeting schedules via the ENS DAO Calendar, and updates through the bi-weekly ENS DAO Newsletter.
The dashboard outlines proposal processes, thresholds for social and executable proposals, governance environments, working group schedules, and details on Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for compensated tasks. It aims to enhance transparency, understanding, and participation within the ENS ecosystem.
🏛 Term 6 Proposals
Proposal Bulletin
Details of current proposals will be provided here. For backdated proposals, refer to the the Forum’s Proposal Bulletin for updates and detailed information on each proposal. For detailed governance information, refer to the Governance Documentation.
About Proposals
Proposals are how changes are made to the DAO’s status quo. They can be submitted by anyone meeting the required $ENS thresholds and are voted on by delegates based on their token holdings. If a proposal reaches quorum and passes, it is ratified and implemented.
Proposal Thresholds:
10k ENS: Required for a social proposal — an agreement of the DAO on matters that cannot be enforced on-chain.
100k ENS: Required for an executable proposal — involves smart contract operations executed by DAO-controlled accounts.
📚 ENS DAO Basics: Your Gateway to Governance
New to the ENS DAO or curious about how it works? basics.ensdao.org is your go-to resource for learning about governance, proposals, and ways to get involved in the ENS ecosystem.
Whether you’re exploring ENS for the first time or looking to deepen your participation, this guide provides all the essentials.
→ Start your journey today: Visit ENS DAO Basics.
🌀 ENS Labs Updates
ENS Labs Engages with ICANN Ahead of 2026 gTLD Round
Jamesbeck.eth shared ENS Labs’ insights from ICANN82, highlighting efforts to integrate ENS with DNS registries ahead of the 2026 gTLD round. The .eth domain is safe due to ISO reservation, and ENS is positioned as a modern identity layer for DNS evolution.
ENS Offers $10K in Prizes at ETHGlobal Taipei
As part of ETHGlobal’s 2025 kickoff in Taipei, ENS is offering $10,000 in prizes to builders. ENS enables decentralized naming for Web3, and is one of 18 partners contributing to over $200K in total rewards for the event.
ENS Labs Seeks Developer Feedback
Greg Skril and the ENS design team are inviting users to participate in product research as ENS Labs explores new developer tools over the next 12 months. Your feedback will help improve workflow and data access. Share your insights here: Maze
ENS Subdomains Enable Scalable Identity Management
Wesd.eth highlights how a single ENS name can manage multiple wallets, family members, or business units using subdomains. Examples include vault.yourname.eth for cold storage or team.company.eth for org structures—showcasing ENS’s flexibility and untapped potential.
ENS Leads L2 Scaling with Namechain — Cambirdge Workshop
ENS Labs gathered in Cambridge with Ethereum contributors to advance Namechain, a scalable L2 for ENS. The team explored unifying Based & Native Rollups, aiming for secure and efficient transactions. Learn more about the workshop insights here: ENS Blog.
Send PYUSD on Venmo Using ENS
ENS now supports receiving PayPal USD (PYUSD) on both Solana and Ethereum via Venmo. If your ENS name is connected to a Solana or Ethereum address, friends can send PYUSD by simply entering your name—streamlining cross-chain payments with human-readable IDs.
ENS Labs Hiring
ENS is shaping the future of decentralized identity and is hiring to help build the next generation of the web.
→ Explore open roles: Apply Now.
👥 Community Updates
Newsletter Contributions
Submissions for the ENS newsletter are open! Share updates on projects, events, achievements, or community changes for inclusion. Submit your segment here and leaving a comment.
ENS Service Providers Drive Growth
@Cap wrote an overview of how ENS Service Providers expanded ecosystem utility in 2024, improving domain resolution, subname services, and onchain identity tools. Innovations from Eth.limo, EFP, Namestone, and more push ENS adoption forward.
→ Read more: Mirror.xyz
ENS Manager App Lets Users Set Custom Expiration Dates
The ENS Manager app allows users to register or extend ENS names with a custom expiration date—offering more control over domain ownership. As noted by jamesbeck.eth, you can even extend names you don’t own to prevent others from losing them near expiry.
→ Try it out: Manager App
ENS Marks 8th Anniversary Since First Launch
March 14, 2025, marks the 8th anniversary of ENS’s initial launch attempt. A bug in the original auction contracts caused an immediate pause and rollback, with a relaunch occurring weeks later. Brantly.eth shared the history and post-mortem from the 2017 event.
ENS Service Provider Program: Scope and Deliverables
In a recent discussion, Nick Johnson outlined his perspective on the ENS Service Provider Program’s scope:
ENS Infrastructure: Development of smart contracts, frontends, and libraries to enhance ENS’s utility.
Outreach and Integrations: Efforts to boost ENS adoption, including wallet integrations and marketing.
DAO Infrastructure: Tools to improve DAO operations, such as voting interfaces and transparency mechanisms.
Note: This is simply one perspective and should not be conflated with the Service Provider Program’s official mandate. Each individual is free to interpret the mandate independently.
Service Provider Strategy Forum: Aligning Ecosystem Initiatives
The forum, hosted by @estmcmxci, gathered teams to align on priorities for the Service Provider Program. Discussions covered scope clarity, funding strategy, and overlapping proposals. Read the full recap here.
Biconomy Announces Crosschain Execution Layer, Gets Nod from ENS Core Dev
Biconomy unveiled the Biconomy Network, a universal interface to all chains powered by “Supertransactions.” It enables cross-chain execution via a single API. ENS core dev matoken.eth quote-tweeted the launch, noting excitement for frameworks enabling seamless crosschain UX—potentially relevant for ENS as it looks to support identity resolution and record verification across multiple chains in the near future.
Namestone Gets Shoutout from Ethereum Foundation
Josh Stark of the Ethereum Foundation highlighted Namestone for its easy-to-use APIs that let developers issue gasless ENS subdomains and manage them via dashboard.
Dune Adds ENS & Farcaster Support
Garrett Hughes announced Dune profiles now support ENS domains, wallet integration, Farcaster handles, and native sharing—boosting ENS visibility and composability across the Web3 ecosystem.
Ethereum Identity Kit v0.2.4 Adds ENS & EFP Components for Devs
Brantly.eth announced a new EIK release, adding ENS + EFP profile cards, onchain Follow buttons, and public APIs—making it easy to embed Web3 identity into any app. Devs can customize, integrate, and get featured via the EFP integrations page.
Pinnable: Token-Gated IPFS Pinning for ENS Sites
Pinnable is a new pinning service for IPFS-powered ENS/IPNS websites. It uses Sign in with Ethereum (SIWE) for login—blending identity, utility, and governance.
Namespace Dev Portal Launches
Namespace launched its Dev Portal to simplify ENS subname creation, editing, and scaling. Built for wallets, L2s, games, and tools, it offers clean UI, API keys, and docs—ENSIP-20 and L2 support coming soon.
Ghostface Killah Receives ENS Name
Mikedemarais.eth, founder of Rainbow, handed off ghostfacekillah.eth to the rapper. The event highlights continued ENS adoption among artists, bridging Web3 identity with cultural figures.
JustaName Launches Gasless ENS Subnames
JustaName introduces gasless ENS subnames using a decentralized offchain architecture. Users can claim and manage names without paying gas fees, gaining the utility of ENS while skipping transaction costs for profile edits or setup.
Fluidkey Auto-Earn Enabled by ENS Stealth Addresses
Fluidkey now offers auto-earning yield on transfers, made possible by ENS stealth address resolution. This feature enables private, self-custodial earnings using ENS names like you.fkey.eth, without exposing public wallet activity.
POAP Home Adds ENS Tagging
POAP’s mobile app now supports tagging Moments with ENS names, making it easier to connect and share memories across Web3. The update brings ENS-based identity into social features, enabling users to tag friends directly via their .eth names.
Aragon DAOs Launch with ENS Subdomains by Default
Aragon’s new modular onchain organizations now come with a .dao.eth subdomain out of the box—powered by ENS. This gives every DAO created through Aragon an instant onchain identity, enabling discoverability, interoperability, and trust from day one.
Snapshot Adds Copeland Voting, Driven by ENS DAO
Snapshot has launched a new ranked choice voting system using the Copeland method—originally ideated by @avsa. The method improves fairness by evaluating head-to-head matchups, helping ensure consensus-based, manipulation-resistant outcomes.
Samantha Yap Creates yap.eth Subnames
Samantha Yap has started creating subnames under yap.eth. ENS subnames allow users to generate additional identities or roles from a primary ENS name, useful for teams, communities, or personal wallet segmentation.
NameGraph Powers ENS Discovery via Vision.io
NameHashLabs has launched NameGraph, now integrated into Vision.io by the Vision team. The tool delivers smart domain suggestions, helping users discover and collect desirable ENS names more easily—enhancing name search and curation for the ENS community.
JSONAPI.eth: Onchain JSON API for ENS + ETH Data
namesys.eth launched JSONAPI.eth, a fully onchain JSON API that surfaces ENS and Ethereum mainnet data. Developers can query data using ENS names or addresses in multiple formats like <name>.jsonapi.eth or <token>.jsonapi.eth.
brantly.eth to Speak at EthCC[8] on ENS + EFP
@brantlymillegan from Ethereum Follow Protocol will speak at EthCC in Cannes under the “For Developers and Users” track. His talk will spotlight how ENS and EFP are shaping self-sovereign identity and onchain social interactions in the Ethereum ecosystem.
Interface Wallet Reserves ENS-Matching Usernames
Interface now prompts users to claim a username when creating a wallet—automatically reserving names that match existing ENS names. ENS holders can verify ownership via wallet connection to secure matching identities within the Interface ecosystem.
yodl Integrates ENS for Streamlined Crypto Invoicing
Yodl now enables users to brand their ENS with avatars, payment preferences, and receipts. By storing payment info in ENS records, users can accept tokens across chains via a single link, get Telegram alerts, and generate custom receipts—all powered by ENS.
ENS DAO Powers Public Goods via Octant QF Round
The Public Goods Working Group have partnered with Giveth and Octant for a Public Goods Quadratic Funding Round, directing $80K USDC in matching funds. The initiative showcases how ENS registration fees are reinvested into Ethereum’s ecosystem through impact-driven funding.
Fileverse Adds ENS-Based Commenting to dDocs
Fileverse upgraded ddocs.new with collaborative commenting. Users can now highlight, comment, and reply using their ENS names or anonymously—enhancing decentralized, peer-to-peer collaboration on documents.
Picnic Integrates ENS with Free picnic.name Usernames
Brazilian app Picnic announced upcoming support for ENS-powered usernames. Soon, users will be able to create their free picnic.name to simplify sending and receiving crypto directly through their ENS identity.
📌 Working Group Bulletin
Term 6 Lead Working Group Stewards + Secretary Appointment
Meta-Governance – @5pence.eth
ENS Ecosystem – @slobo.eth
Public Goods – @simona_pop
DAO Secretary - @limes
The responsibilities of the Lead Stewards & Secretary are set out in Rule 9.8 and Rule 9.9 of the Working Group Rules.
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ENS Revenue Report: Q4 2024
ENS DAO’s Q4 2024 revenue totaled $6.22M, comprising $4.49M from registration fees, $675K from temporary premium fees, and $1.05M from endowment DeFi returns. This brings the 2024 annual revenue to $28.77M. Read more.
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ENS DAO Working Group Budgets for H1 2025
The ENS DAO has outlined its H1 2025 budgets:
Meta-Governance Working Group: Allocated $544,000 USDC and 5 ETH for steward compensation, DAO tooling (including $50,000 for Agora), contract audits, discretionary spending, and governance initiatives.
Ecosystem Working Group: Budgeted $832,000 USDC and 10 ETH, focusing on hackathons, grants, bug bounty programs, audit support, and other initiatives like IRL events and the newsletter.
Public Goods Working Group: Set aside $343,480 USDC and 23 ETH for builder grants, a Giveth Round partnership, strategic grants, event support, and discretionary funds.
These allocations underscore the DAO’s commitment to governance, ecosystem development, and public goods within the Ethereum community. Read more.
ENS DAO Working Group Schedule (2025)
Working Group | Time | Schedule | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
 Meta-Governance | 2pm UTC | Tuesday | |
 Ecosystem | 3pm UTC | Thursday | |
 Public Goods | 4pm UTC | Thursday |
Meta-Governance
The Meta-Governance Working Group provides governance oversight and support for working group operations through DAO tooling and governance initiatives.
Term 6 Meta-Governance Stewards:
Meeting Minutes:
February Endowment Report
ETH fell 32.2%
ENS price dropped 36.7%
Endowment AUM stands at $86M (72% ETH, 28% stablecoins).
The endowment generated $260K in yield, despite a $24.2M drawdown from ETH price declines. Review their very first community update now.
→ Review February’s Report here
February Financial Report
Financial Overview
Revenue > Cash Burn, Runway: 98 months
Revenue: $1.2m (vs. $1.9m last month)
Cash Inflow: $.8m (vs. $1.1m last month)
Normalized Cash Burn: $1.1m
Reserves: $107m (ETH: 79.2m ETH, USDC: 28.1m)
Total Endowment: $86.7m (23.9m stablecoins, 62.8m ETH)
P&L: -$12.6m ($26.2m from ETH M2M)
→ Review the full report prepared by @Steakhouse here.
ENS Security Council Completes First Liveness Check
On March 9, 2025, the ENS Security Council conducted its inaugural liveness test to assess member responsiveness and coordination. The 4/8 multisig achieved the required 4 signatures within 16 hours and full consensus in under 2 days, demonstrating readiness to address potential governance threats.
Facilitation Plan for the Service Provider Program
The Meta-Governance Working Group has detailed its strategy for overseeing Season 2 of the ENS DAO’s Service Provider Program (SPP2). Key dates include:
Application Period Opens: March 11, 2025
Application Deadline: March 31, 2025
Snapshot for 50k ENS Threshold: April 1, 2025
DAO Vote on Final SPP Selections: April 8, 2025
Their role encompasses creating a dedicated forum subcategory for applications and discussions, providing standardized application templates, verifying eligibility criteria such as company age and team experience, coordinating endorsements to meet the 50k ENS token requirement, and monitoring compliance and progress reporting.
Monthly Delegate All-Hands
Starting April 1, 2025, the first MetaGov call each month will be a Delegate All-Hands meeting. This aims to boost coordination, participation, and shared governance across the ENS DAO.
→ More information here
Delegate Your $ENS Voting Power
Did you know? $ENS holders can delegate their voting power to trusted delegates to shape the future of the ENS protocol. Use ENS Agora to explore and track governance activity.
→ Learn how to manage delegation: Guide Here.
DecentDAO Builds Modular DAO Tooling with Onchain Governance
Decent is a DAO tooling platform built to run onchain venture studios. It consolidates governance via Snapshot, supports subDAO structuring, and enables flexible payments.
Agora Demos Ranked-Choice UI for ENS Votes
Maz from Agora showcased a new UI for Snapshot’s ranked-choice voting during an ENS Meta-Governance call. The demo visualized service provider vote outcomes more clearly, showing challengers, disfavor, and stream types. The goal: ensure delegates understand how the algorithm works before voting.
🌱 Ecosystem
The Ecosystem Working Group strengthens the ENS Protocol by facilitating developer relations, identifying and funding high-potential projects that enhance ENS, and supporting ENS-aligned initiatives.
Term 6 Ecosystem Stewards:
Meeting Minutes:
Term 6 ENS Ecosystem Grants Open for Applications
The Ecosystem Working Group is awarding retroactive grants to technically oriented projects that advance the ENS protocol. Grants are reviewed on a rolling basis and presented during weekly ecosystem calls.
ENS Labs Updates: L2 Names, ICANN, and Site Redesign
ENS Labs shared that L2 primary names are coming soon, with Arbitrum-related contract changes causing some delays. Header images are being added to the Manager app. Meanwhile, the ENS Labs website and blog have been redesigned. James Beck also published a summary of ENS Labs’ participation at the ICANN summit in Seattle.
Service Provider Updates
1. EFP Launches Redesigned App with Surge in Usage
Brantly Millegan introduced the full EFP team and a newly redesigned web app featuring status updates, enhanced profile views, and open-source checkout flows. EFP actions (follow, tag, etc.) exceeded 600K. With 39 integrations and growing, EFP is rapidly becoming core to onchain identity.
2. Namehash Labs Updates ENSNode and ENSRainbow
@lightwalker.eth shared progress on ENSNode, a multichain indexer suite for ENS. ENSRainbow, now live, resolved over 90% of names previously missing from the ENS subgraph. Developer resources include a TypeScript SDK, CLI tools, and one-click Railway deploys.
3. Namespace Launches Dev Portal and SDK for Offchain Subnames
Namespace released their Dev Portal, enabling ENS users to manage subnames, resolve them via hybrid resolvers, and integrate via API keys. Their updated SDK on GitHub and Docs include Offchain and Indexer Managers. The long-term vision is to migrate millions of offchain subnames to Namechain. They’re also prototyping Agents.Domains, mapping AI agents to ENS profiles.
4. NameStone Adds Admin Panel Features and Sepolia Support
Slobo presented updates to NameStone’s admin panel, including multi-admin editing, privacy toggles for public names, pre-filled record editing, and new header/status fields. NameStone now also supports managing ENS names on the Sepolia testnet.
Project Highlights
1. Opti.domains Enables Full ENS Functionality on Optimism
Opti.domains now lets users manage ENS records, set addresses, and mint subnames directly on Optimism. Using a novel CCIP Gateway approach, subdomains can be launched without deploying custom gateways, streamlining ENS use on OP.
2. JustAName Demos Builder Console and Identity Widget
Hadi from JustAName demoed their sandbox console for experimenting with ENS-based onchain profiles. Users can claim names, add socials, and content hashes. The system is extendable to identity protocols like POAP and EFP, with a multi-level SDK and simple onboarding.
3. Webhash Expands No-Code Web Builder with ENS Support
Webhash now offers 100+ templates for building decentralized sites. With 7,400+ users and 9,000+ sites deployed, it recently launched Webhash Pro for GitHub-based publishing. Users can link sites to ENS domains using IPFS (not IPNS), with a testnet node network launching soon.
4.ENScribe Targets Contract Naming to Boost Trust
Conor introduced ENScribe, a system for naming smart contract addresses at deployment. It aims to prevent spoofing, boost user trust, and integrate with dev tools. Future plans include Base and Linea support, plus developer education and tooling.
ENSIP Updates
Blockful announced that ENSIP-20 – Wildcard Writing is officially live. The next step is integrating it into ENSjs. Meanwhile, Raffy proposed a new draft ENSIP for handling empty or unavailable names, and there’s active discussion on cross-chain address formats.
Public Goods
The Public Goods Working Group supports the Ethereum ecosystem by identifying and funding open-source development.
Term 6 Public Goods Stewards:
Meeting Minutes
Public Goods Group Considers Scaling Grant Strategy
The Public Goods Working Group is exploring new funding strategies to scale builder grants, including quadratic funding and retroactive models. Discussions center on increasing impact, improving efficiency, and forming alliances across the Ethereum ecosystem.
ENS x Octant Public Goods Round Is Live
The ENS x Octant Public Goods Round runs from March 18 to April 2, 2025, with an 80,000 USDC matching pool on Giveth. Donate across supported networks like Optimism, Arbitrum, Base, Polygon, and more to support impactful ENS ecosystem projects.
Project Presentations
1. Dhive Demos Governance Hub for Builder Grant Milestone
Dhive, a governance data hub, demoed progress toward becoming the “CoinMarketCap for governance.” Now with 1,000+ users, Dhive aggregates on/offchain DAO data and features analytics, visualizations, notifications, and Ethereum Follow Protocol integration.
2. Builder.Love Aims to Optimize Builder Time Allocation
Builder.Love presented its app that helps blockchain developers make better time investment decisions. The tool visualizes builder activity, chain mindshare, and popular programming languages to support legitimate tech builders in the space.
📗 Resources
ENS DAO offers several resources for understanding and participating in its ecosystem:
ENS DAO Basics: Learn about the ENS DAO, including voting and governance.
Support Docs: Guidance on registration, renewals, and development aspects.
Governance Docs: Insights into governance structure.
ENS Agora: Governance hub for proposal review and voting.
ENS Repository: The ENS Protocol’s main GitHub repository.
Note: Posts older than 4 weeks are archival—browse cautiously, as links may be outdated or compromised.
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