# ENS

By [topus.eth](https://paragraph.com/@topus) · 2022-06-07

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The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is a distributed and open-source naming system that maps human-readable names to machine-readable identifiers like cryptocurrency addresses, metadata, and content hashes. The ENS DAO's mission is to promote the adoption of the ENS protocol.

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*Originally published on [topus.eth](https://paragraph.com/@topus/ens)*