Chief of Staff @ ENS Foundation Blockchain x AI | All views my own
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Great overview of ethereum:0xc18360217d8f7ab5e7c516566761ea12ce7f9d72, worth giving it a read
ENS maps human-readable names to Ethereum addresses, content hashes, and metadata.
ENS just filed a B2 Token Transparency Filing with zero gaps.
$ENS live since October 2021.
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Agents can now shop for domain names.
Agents can now buy domains on @atomHQ. Powered by Coinbase Business.
Until now, most x402 payment flows have focused on data and API requests. Now, agents can use x402 to purchase domains.
Here’s how ↓
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One of the top @ensdomains integrators.
Aragon is v2 ready.
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I think the picture is even wider. ENSv2 strengthens what a name can do, across chains and the DNS alike. The convergence is coming. . .
ENSv2 Makes Ethereum Easier to Use and More Decentralized
.@ensdomains is a core piece of Ethereum infrastructure that replaces long wallet addresses with simple names like vitalik.eth, making crypto easier to use
Why does the ENSv2 proposal matter?
• Better usability: Makes Ethereum more accessible to everyday users by simplifying payments and digital identity
• Stronger infrastructure: Introduces a hierarchical naming system, giving users more control over subnames and permissions
• No forced migration: Existing .eth names keep working, with no migration deadline
• More decentralization: Transfers remaining ENSv2 control to the ENS DAO, strengthening community governance
• Built on Ethereum: ENSv2 is planned for Ethereum mainnet instead of a separate Namechain L2
The bigger picture: Ethereum needs more than scaling. It needs simple, reliable infrastructure that helps bring mainstream users on-chain. ENSv2 is a step toward that future
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few of you asked "wait, isn't it .eth?"
.eth isn't going anywhere.
.ens is a separate thing, on the DNS side. here's how they fit together 🧵
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Great deal of work to get here and more to go.
Today ICANN revealed the new gTLD round.
One application for .ens, and it's ours, uncontested. No auction, no rival claim, just process ahead.
One string, one applicant, one job: we are here to innovate at the seam of web2 and web3 until names simply work everywhere.
icann.org/en/announcements/d…
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gm, we're the ENS Foundation 👋
Our mandate: represent ENS at ICANN, IETF and W3C, pursue stewardship of the .ens TLD, engage on policy, and protect the brand, alongside @ensdomains and the ENS DAO.
Here's who's behind it 🧵...
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1. Savings vaults (with ENS subnames to manage internally)
2. Bank / IBAN payouts
3. Fund L2 accounts privately via ENS names with L2 addresses
4. Zero knowledge passport proofs to unlock larger limits with @ZKPassport and added to ENS names
6. Pots and group bills settled via an ENS subname (dinner.jeff.eth)
7. More passkey support / accounts types
8. Mobile apps
9. Delegated account access to agents (agents managed using ENS subnames)
Don’t want to assume too much, but this is the perfect app for ENS!
Top things that will be possible on Aztec via zk.money this year:
1. Savings vaults
2. Bank / IBAN payouts
3. Fund L2 accounts privately
4. Zero knowledge passport proofs to unlock larger limits with @ZKPassport
6. Pots and group bills
7. More passkey support / accounts types
8. Mobile apps
9. Delegated account access to agents
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.@zk_money is back, with ENS-powered names.
The relaunched private payments wallet lets users claim tags like joe.zk.money, giving them a human-readable way to send and receive funds without making their financial history public by default. 🧵
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Anchorage Digital is enabling institutional Bitcoin staking with @Stacks.
With the PoX-5 upgrade, institutions will be able to earn BTC rewards while their Bitcoin stays on Bitcoin L1 in secure custody.
Learn more:
anchorage.com/press-room/anc…
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I backed Zest Protocol because this team has been building on Bitcoin longer than almost anyone, and they know how to ship great products with amazing user experience. Seeing real Bitcoin collateral working on mainnet, with the coins never leaving Bitcoin, is something I’m incredibly excited about.
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This is amazing.
NEAR AI is now on a Bittensor subnet -- @say_gm_ -- which is our version of OpenRouter (done as a subnet).
Bittensor is very synergistic with many of the other decentralized AI efforts afoot, not competitive.
We're rowing in the same direction.
NEAR AI Cloud's confidential inference is now live on @say_gm_'s confidential tier.
SayGm reaches dozens of models through one API key, and runs its own routing inside an Intel TDX enclave rather than on ordinary servers.
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This is an important post from Tushar.
It highlights upcoming challenges for Bitcoin: privacy, quantum, and scalability.
(2) and (3) are related because when Bitcoin gets a quantum upgrade, the effective bandwidth will be reduced by 50-97%.
In other words, once post-quantum signatures go live, Bitcoin must have a scalability solution/layer ready to handle the bulk of Bitcoin traffic.
The quantum upgrade must happen at L1, but privacy likely wouldn’t. Shielded addresses on (trustless) L2s can provide practical privacy benefits and clean the previous chain history of your L1 BTC.
Bitcoin needs a credible quantum upgrade path. Progress is early, and more work is needed.
You can read this post as a “why Zcash” post, but you can also read it as a “what should be the Bitcoin roadmap” post.
The project that delivers privacy and post-quantum scalability to Bitcoin will have a lot of impact. At Stacks, we’ve been focused on these fundamental problems for years.
Stacks Satoshi Upgrades bring:
✅ Self-custodial BTC staking (already live)
🛠️ 100x capacity increase (Satoshi II)
🛠️ Privacy & post-quantum (Satoshi III)
In my view, Bitcoin and Zcash can coexist and provide different benefits.
The frontier of Bitcoin development (and higher returns potential) moves up a layer.
