Group will apply for .ens; guidelines block .eth.
Ethereum Name Service (ENS), creator of a naming system on the Ethereum blockchain, has announced that it’s going to apply for .ENS in ICANN’s top level domain expansion this 12 months.
The group is well-known in blockchain circles for its .eth “domains”.
Registrants of those names primarily use them as pockets addresses. Very similar to domain names substitute IP addresses, .eth domains can level to cryptocurrency wallets which are troublesome to keep in mind.
ENS additionally works with conventional domain names, making a bridge between pockets addresses and domains ending in .com, .internet, and most others.
When it comes to web3 naming techniques, it has been comparatively fashionable from a registration standpoint. About 1.6 million .eth names are registered, though most are doubtless registered for speculative functions.
In fact, ENS would like to get the .eth top level domain. Nonetheless, that title is blocked as a result of it’s the three-letter nation code for Ethiopia.
ENS has been energetic with ICANN concerning title collisions between alt-root domains, akin to .eth, and the domain title system. It submitted a comment on the subject this week.
