• ENS Labs: Para Wallet, Project Liberty, ICANN Summit Recap

• Community: DappRank, ENS Fairy, How Doxxed Am I

• Meta-Gov: SPP Amendments, Security Council Updates

• Ecosystem: Project Highlights, Service Provider Updates, ENSIP Updates

• Public Goods: Rethinking Funding Strategy, Borderless Africa Milestone

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.

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.

A recent temp check suggests modifying the Service Provider Program (SPP) Season 2 voting process to allow delegates to rank both basic and extended budget options for each candidate. This change aims to provide more nuanced voting preferences. If approved, the Meta-Governance Working Group will implement the updated process.

→ Read the proposal here

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.

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.

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Proposal Thresholds:

• 10k ENS: Required for a social proposal — an agreement of the DAO on matters that cannot be enforced onchain.

• 100k ENS: Required for an executable proposal — involves smart contract operations executed by DAO-controlled accounts.

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 has integrated with Para, letting anyone register an ENS name with no wallet required. Using MPC and passkeys, Para allows users to sign in like a social account and use a universal wallet across apps—making ENS more accessible than ever.

James, Head of Growth at ENS, and Para co-founder Aditi later joined the Coffee with Captain show to talk about the integration and what it means for the future of onchain growth.

→ Read more about the integration on The Defiant

ENS has joined the Project Liberty Alliance to support The People’s Bid for TikTok—aiming to give creators control over their digital identity. In collaboration with FREQUENCY, ENS will explore interoperability between DSNP names and ENS identifiers.

→ Read more on the ENS Blog

ENS integrates with Fluidkey to enable stealth addresses and unlinkable transactions using ENS. Each payment generates a private address, protecting your identity. With DNS records, users can now share simple links to receive funds—privately.

→ Read more about how it works on the ENS Blog

@jamesbeck 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.

Aurbelis shared highlights from the Decentralized Tech Summit hosted by TheDRC, where ENS showed its support. His favorite slide captured a key insight: sysadmins pose a risk to decentralized networks because they become prime targets for capture.

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: https://t.maze.co/350099704

At Pragma Taipei, @jefflau.eth introduced Namechain—ENS' new ZK rollup that evolves ENS into a full identity protocol. As shared by @ETHGlobal, this lets users link verifiable credentials (like GitHub, job history, or age) to their .eth names, enabling private, trustless identity use cases such as site verification, resume proofs, and human-gated communities.

Nick.eth, founder of ENS, joins Jax Dwyer on the Building Web3 Pod to dive deep into ENS’s beginnings, DAO governance, and a startup idea he’s excited about. A must-listen for ENS builders.

→ Watch here

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.

ENS Labs introduced the Multi-Delegate Manager—a tool that lets $ENS holders delegate to multiple people in one transaction. With a clean UI, MDM streamlines governance and voting flexibility.

→ Try it now: delegate.ens.domains

Wes from ENS Labs breaks down how ENS turns wallet addresses into human-readable names like “yourname.eth.” He explains ENS's role in managing cross-platform digital identity and highlights use cases like subnames on Base and Uniswap. A clear intro to ENS for newcomers.

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.

@validator.eth explains that ENS identity is self-asserted and only trustworthy when mutual linking occurs. An ENS name must link to external accounts (e.g., Twitter/X), and those accounts must link back to the ENS. This bidirectional proof creates decentralized, verifiable identity—no central authority needed, just consistent signals across platforms.

@James went on an ENSFairy.xyz rampage at Magma, registering dozens of ENS names in support of African founders from Borderless Africa. He praised ENS DAO for empowering creators across the continent, showcasing real-time onchain activity backing the initiative.

@estmcmxci hosted James Beck, Head of Growth at ENS, on ‘Commons’ to dive into ENS’s role in The People’s Bid for TikTok, Project Liberty, and the future of onchain identity. They explored how ENS can power portable, user-owned social graphs.

→ Listen back

0xashu_eth released a YouTube explainer on the ENS name grace period, with help from @184.eth The video covers key renewal mechanics and domain recovery insights—part of Oxashu’s broader push to make ENS info accessible.

→ Watch now

Dapp Rank introduces a critical tool for Ethereum, offering a trust layer for evaluating the decentralization of dapps. It highlights censorship-resistant apps, provides feedback for devs, and strengthens the ecosystem. A must-watch project for web3 resilience.

Lefteris.eth highlights how Rotkiapp simplifies managing ENS basenames by tracking ENS activity across all addresses and offering calendar reminders for renewals. He encourages users to support sustainable software by going premium: rotki.com/download.

In a video by Drips Network, ENS Ecosystem Steward @slobo.eth shares how Drips funding isn’t just financial—it’s recognition. ENS uses Drips to fund GitHub repos directly and transparently, letting anyone see what’s supported. It's public, onchain, and meaningful.

Austin Griffith points users to address.vision as a fast, visual way to inspect any Ethereum address. The tool, spotlighted by @buildguild, gives a clean dashboard view of balances, NFTs, and token holdings across chains—perfect for quick due diligence.

MeebitCo shared appreciation for the ENS community after receiving the ENS names "themeebits.eth" and "meebit.eth" from beautiful_nfts_. A small gesture that shows the strong culture of generosity and support within the ENS ecosystem.

@Limes announced that the Uniswap Accountability Committee now uses SafeNotes, a tool that lets DAOs publicly annotate transactions in real-time. With two major DAOs onboard, SafeNotes is shaping up to be the standard for Web3 transparency.

Lefteris.eth warns of a phishing scam targeting ENS users. If you’ve set an email for your ENS name, scammers may send a fake “renewal failed” email with a malicious link. Always verify onchain activity with Rotkiapp before clicking anything.

ETH Bucharest is offering free ethbucharest.eth subdomains—plus a chance to win a Ledger Nano S Plus or Crypto Steel. Thanks to @mdt and @VectorPunks_ for making it happen.

→ Claim yours here: ens.ethbucharest.ro

@Dylan's Heavens Tools was spotlighted on Binance Square for building real-world utility into ENS. The 2025 relaunch will include AI-assisted analytics, smart contract automation, and ENS/DNS resolution—making ENS apps smarter and more intuitive.

→ Read more here

Pinnable is a new IPFS pinning service that tracks .eth and IPNS addresses, stores historical CIDs for IPNS, and integrates with NameStone for gasless content hash updates. It’s designed to make decentralized websites more reliable and user-friendly within ENS.

Dhive has launched an interactive chart to elucidate Copeland voting outcomes. This tool offers pairwise comparisons, displays final scores, and allows users to view vote distributions by clicking on scores. It's designed to enhance transparency in platforms where voting logic isn't fully visible.

Developed by builders during the ETHGlobal Hackathon in Taipei, "How Doxxed Am I?" is a privacy tool that reveals what your onchain activity exposes about you. Just input your ENS name to scan for links between wallets, assets, social profiles, and patterns—helping you assess your digital exposure in minutes.

EPO is a decentralized platform developed by Yuji during the ETHGlobal Hackathon in Taipei. It offers users a unified interface for managing their digital identity, facilitating private money transfers, and showcasing their portfolios and reputations. EPO aims to enhance user control and privacy in the decentralized web.

Solva is a user-friendly payment app that enables instant, fee-free fund transfers. Developed during ETHGlobal Taipei 2025, it utilizes ENS subnames on Polygon for seamless username-based transactions. Watch the demo here: https://www.youtube.com/live/if_XZf0IIr8?t=5864s

→ Explore the app

Built at ETHGlobal Taipei, ENSPin is a self-hostable tool that auto-pins updated ENS content hashes, helping keep your decentralized website online. The project is moving forward as an open source initiative.

→ Check it out

JustaName now reflects offchain subname events on the Ceramic network using OrbisDB. Anyone can query the data via a decentralized, transparent interface.

→ Learn how to fetch subname events here

@Alexu shares that Virgil Griffith made his final call from FCI Milan ahead of his release. He'll be transferred to a halfway house in Baltimore on Wednesday. While this is progress, the fight for a full pardon and fair treatment continues.

• 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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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.

The Meta-Governance Working Group provides governance oversight and support for working group operations through DAO tooling and governance initiatives.

• 5pence.eth

• daostrat.eth

• netto.eth

• Minutes for Weekly Meta-Gov Meeting — March 25

• Minutes for Weekly Meta-Gov Meeting — April 1

The Meta-Governance Working Group is planning delegate onboarding, improved proposal reviews, and revamped meeting structures. Priorities include fixing vote delegation gaps, exploring DAO staking, and experimenting with treasury and Namechain mechanisms.

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.

The Service Provider Program vote is postponed until proposed amendments—like differentiating scopes, revising the voting process, and adjusting funding strategy—are finalized. Updates and coordination will continue via Notion, Telegram, and community feedback.

The SPP2 Application Index lists all service provider submissions for ENS DAO’s Season 2. It includes funding requests for basic and extended scopes, two-year terms, and endorsement statuses. Each application features a video pitch and is tracked for delegate review.

→ View the index here

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.

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.

• Slobo.eth

• Limes.eth

• daemon.eth

• Minutes for Weekly Ecosystem Meeting — March 27

• Minutes for Weekly Ecosystem Meeting — April 3

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. Apply via the forum.

ENS Labs launched a redesigned blog with 3 new posts, integrated Para Wallet for .eth registrations without wallets, and deployed a multi-delegate contract enabling token delegation in one transaction. Greg and Jeff will be at ETHGlobal Taipei. A quarterly update is coming soon!

Namehash Labs presented ENSNode, a new multi-chain indexer powering ENSv2 and Namechain. It enables fast onchain resolution, dynamically retrieves offchain data, and bypasses subgraph limitations with flexible APIs.

ENSNode promotes decentralization by letting apps run independent instances and may also index offchain names. This shift reduces reliance on gateways and third parties.

Also spotlighted was ENSAdmin, a multi-chain dashboard for debugging and inspecting ENS activity. ENSV2’s referral program is under development, offering flexible, permissionless funding strategies via Namechain contracts.

ENScribe enables developers to assign ENS names to contracts at deployment, boosting trust and reducing spoofing. It supports ABI uploads, parameter setting, and integration with Foundry/Hardhat. Now expanding to existing contracts and planning ENS.js support.

The dWeb team is building an ENS-based indexing and pinning service to ease IPFS use. With funding issues stalling progress, next steps include bug fixes, IPNS pinning, direct peering, and UI improvements. It’s a decentralized solution for persistent web content.

PeerSky is a browser with native ENS and IPNS support, resolving .eth domains without HTTP gateways. It makes RPC calls directly and browses Web3 natively—solving the lack of P2P support in mainstream browsers and enhancing true Web3 browsing.

AIWS is building governance AI agents for ENS. Their agent can be delegated votes and lobbied by users. Chat and lobbying history will be published to IPFS for transparency, aiming to automate and democratize DAO participation.

x23ai helps DAOs and delegates make better decisions with tools like proposal calendars, chatbots, and onchain/offchain data APIs. It now supports Tally/Agora, gives TL;DRs, and plans to apply for SPP to scale its governance infrastructure further.

Raffy introduced ENSIP-21, standardizing the Batch Gateway Offchain Lookup Protocol. It enables faster, parallel CCIP reads for the Universal Resolver by transforming multiple offchain lookups into one request. This improves privacy, performance, and fault tolerance for ENS users across Web3 apps.

The Public Goods Working Group supports the Ethereum ecosystem by identifying and funding open-source development.

• Simona.eth

• Coltron.eth

• sovereignsignal.eth

• Minutes for Weekly Public Goods Meeting — March 27

• Minutes for Weekly Public Goods Meeting — April 3

Backed by an ENS DAO large grant, the Borderless Africa Magma program supports 76 founders—70% of them startups. 40 of these startups already contribute to 4% of all stablecoin volume in Africa. With cohort 3 launching soon, it’s a huge growth opportunity for ENS.

→ Learn more about the initiative here

The Public Goods Working Group is revisiting its public goods funding model, aiming to increase grant volume, reduce steward burden, and explore new mechanisms. A final budget is posted on the forum ahead of the vote.

A new initiative modeled after Protocol Guild—@conor’s DevTools Guild—will support key dev libraries and tooling across Ethereum. Launching in Q2 2025, it unites high-impact, ENS-integrated projects under one fund. The pilot seeks to raise $5M for long-term sustainability.

Originally funded by the NZ government, The Wellbeing Protocol is a network of micro DAOs using Web3-native tools like quadratic voting and fund streaming to empower local communities. Future phases include crypto-native funding flows using ENS wallets and a localism marketplace.

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.

Thank you for reading! Goodbye. 👋

• 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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 is shaping the future of decentralized identity and is hiring to help build the next generation of the web.

→ Explore open roles: Apply Now.

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.

@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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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 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 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’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’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 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 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.

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.

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.

@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 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 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.

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 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.

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.

• 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 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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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.

The Meta-Governance Working Group provides governance oversight and support for working group operations through DAO tooling and governance initiatives.

• 5pence.eth

• daostrat.eth

• netto.eth

• Minutes for Weekly Meta-Gov Meeting — March 11

• Minutes for Weekly Meta-Gov Meeting — March 18

• 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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Decent is a DAO tooling platform built to run onchain venture studios. It consolidates governance via Snapshot, supports subDAO structuring, and enables flexible payments.

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.

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.

• Slobo.eth

• Limes.eth

• daemon.eth

• Minutes for Weekly Ecosystem Meeting — March 13

• Minutes for Weekly Ecosystem Meeting — March 20

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.

→ Apply via the forum.

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.

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.

@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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Public Goods Working Group supports the Ethereum ecosystem by identifying and funding open-source development.

• Simona.eth

• Coltron.eth

• sovereignsignal.eth

• Minutes for Weekly Public Goods Meeting — March 13

• Minutes for Weekly Public Goods Meeting — March 20

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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