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The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is a distributed, open, and extensible naming system based on the Ethereum blockchain. Its purpose is to map human-readable names like 'alice.eth' to machine-readable identifiers such as Ethereum addresses, other cryptocurrency addresses, content hashes, and metadata. ENS also supports 'reverse resolution', enabling Ethereum addresses to be associated with metadata such as canonical names or interface descriptions. ENS has similar objectives to DNS, the Internet's Domain Name Service, but has a significantly different architecture due to the capabilities and constraints provided by the Ethereum blockchain. Like DNS, ENS operates on a system of dot-separated hierarchical names called domains, with the owner of a domain having full control over subdomains.

ENS DAO Proposes Establishment of a Full-Time Operations Foundation, Plans to Allocate 1 Million ENS for Employee Salaries

ENS DAO has published a new proposal on the X platform, aiming to establish a full-time operations foundation and set up a five-person board of directors responsible for managing the endowment fund.According to the proposal, ENS DAO plans to allocate 1 million ENS tokens for the foundation’s employee salaries. Token holders will retain control over the protocol, including ENS held by the DAO, operational wallets, and the authority to appoint and remove foundation directors.

Noxa team is testing a new ENS interface, expected to launch soon

Noxa posted on X, stating that the team is testing a new ENS interface, which is expected to launch soon. At that time, users will be able to claim creator fees through this interface once again.Previously, the NOXA platform's domain experienced a brief outage due to issues with Cloudflare, and the official website remains inaccessible.

ENS DAO Proposes Delegating 5 Million ENS to Multi-Stakeholders to Restructure Governance

ENS community member AvsA has proposed a draft suggesting that the approximately 5 million ENS tokens held by the DAO be allocated to various governance stakeholders through a multi-delegation contract. This aims to alleviate the current issue of voting power being highly concentrated in the hands of a few representatives. The proposal plans to withdraw tokens from the DAO treasury and select candidates from stakeholders such as users, integrators, developers, traditional domain name service providers, and the governance community based on preset criteria, delegating approximately 1 million ENS equally to each group. Delegates will only receive voting rights and will not have the authority to dispose of the tokens. If they fail to participate in voting for six consecutive months, their delegated tokens will be reclaimed and redistributed.

Ethlabs Week 2 Progress: Focus on Cross-Chain Interoperability, PropAMMs, ENS

Ethlabs 发布第二周进展,称随着项目进入启动与融资阶段,外部沟通持续增加。团队表示,正推进基于零知识技术的异步互操作方案,以提升跨链桥安全性和资产分发效率;其中,L2 至 L1 可由 intents 作为过渡方案,L1 至 L2 延迟则有望通过 FCR 改善。

ENS DAO Governance Crisis: Founder Unilaterally Blocks Security Council Renewal, Community Calls for Dissolving DAO

According to The Defiant, ENS DAO is facing a serious governance crisis. ENS co-founder Nick Johnson holds approximately 3.26 million ENS tokens, accounting for nearly 50% of all currently delegated voting power. On June 30, he voted against the on-chain binding vote for the Security Council renewal, causing the proposal to fail with 82% opposing votes; the Security Council authorization will expire on July 24. Previously, Johnson also self-delegated a significant amount of voting power to support a proposal to transfer the DAO operating wallet, ENS token holdings, and the endowment managed by Karpatkey to the ENS Foundation's five-member board, triggering strong community skepticism regarding "governance capture." Rotki founder Lefteris Karapetsas stated plainly "DAO is dead," while Security Council member Brantly Millegan characterized the proposal as "fiscal capture by ENS Labs." In response, "The DAO" original code author Christoph Jentzsch publicly proposed directly dissolving ENS DAO, suggesting destroying the ENSv2 universal router key and distributing remaining funds to formally transform the protocol into public infrastructure. Currently, Security Council on-chain voting will close on July 5, ENS Labs COO Katherine

ENS DAO Governance Vote Sparks Controversy: Founder Casts 3.26 Million Votes Against Renewing Security Council for Two Years

Odaily Planet Daily: The recent voting results of ENS DAO, centered around the governance of the Ethereum Name Service, have sparked controversy within the community. Community members pointed out that in the latest on-chain vote, ENS founder Nick Johnson cast approximately 3.26 million votes against the executive proposal to renew the Security Council for two years. This proposal had previously passed a Snapshot community vote, but the on-chain executive proposal failed to gain support. As the controversy escalated, some community members expressed concerns about the level of decentralization in the ENS DAO governance mechanism. However, others believe the incident reflects more of an issue with the distribution structure of governance tokens rather than a failure of the protocol itself.

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ENS DAO Proposes Establishment of a Full-Time Operations Foundation, Plans to Allocate 1 Million ENS for Employee Salaries

ENS DAO has published a new proposal on the X platform, aiming to establish a full-time operations foundation and set up a five-person board of directors responsible for managing the endowment fund.According to the proposal, ENS DAO plans to allocate 1 million ENS tokens for the foundation’s employee salaries. Token holders will retain control over the protocol, including ENS held by the DAO, operational wallets, and the authority to appoint and remove foundation directors.

ENS DAO Approves New Security Committee with Two-Year Term and Veto Power over Malicious Proposals

According to official announcements, ENS DAO has passed a proposal to officially activate the new Security Council for a two-year term. The committee consists of 8 members and adopts a 5/8 multisig mechanism, allowing it to exercise veto power and cancel transactions on malicious proposals meeting emergency conditions during the two-day time lock period after a governance proposal vote passes but before execution.

Robinhood Launchpad Noxa says it can no longer control the original domain name

Odaily News: Robinhood Launchpad Noxa posted on X, stating that after its domain name was removed, the registrar appears to have resold or taken over the domain, though the specific situation remains unclear. It can no longer control the original domain, and the only interface is the one hosted on ENS.

Noxa team is testing a new ENS interface, expected to launch soon

Noxa posted on X, stating that the team is testing a new ENS interface, which is expected to launch soon. At that time, users will be able to claim creator fees through this interface once again.Previously, the NOXA platform's domain experienced a brief outage due to issues with Cloudflare, and the official website remains inaccessible.

NOXA Experiences Brief Outage Due to Cloudflare Issue, Developing Decentralized Solution

Odaily News: NOXA posted on platform X, stating that its platform domain experienced a brief outage due to an issue with Cloudflare, with the IP address suspected to be blocked. The team is investigating the specific cause and confirmed it is developing a decentralized solution that will host the interface on IPFS via an ENS domain.

ENS 治理争议升温:联合创始人提议委托 500 万枚 ENS,以分散投票权集中风险

据 The Defiant 报道,ENS 联合创始人 Alex Van de Sande 提议,将 ENS DAO 社区金库中闲置的 500 万枚 ENS 委托给个人参与者,以改善治理结构、缓解投票权过度集中问题。当前,单一代表已拥有足以达到法定人数并主导提案结果的投票权