Nick Johnson, lead developer at the Ethereum Name Service (ENS), talks about making Ethereum human-readable, why Budweiser purchased an NFT, how purchasing an ENS works, and more. Show highlights:
- what ENS does and why it is important
- why Budweiser bought “beer.eth”
- how ENS names can be used to make Ethereum easier to use
- what business use cases ENS names make possible
- what made Nick want to create a naming service on Ethereum
- how people are using their ENS names
- why people are purchasing ENS names
- what privacy issues arise from people attaching their name to an ETH address
- what happens when Ethereum addresses get spammed with unwanted tokens
- how to buy an ENS name and how much it costs
- how ENS handles squatters
- what happens when you lose access to an address holding an ENS name
- how ENS is integrating normal domains (ex: “.com”) to Ethereum
- what ENS has planned for L2 launches
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Episode Links:
Nick Johnson
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicksdjohnson
- Website: http://blog.notdot.net/
Ethereum Domain Service
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ensdomains
- Website: https://app.ens.domains/
Miscellaneous links
- Budweiser ENS purchase: https://decrypt.co/79397/from-visa-to-budweiser-big-brands-are-taking-nfts-seriously
- Unwanted tokens being sent to addresses
- DNS (.com) integration with ENS: https://twitter.com/ensdomains/status/1430933399745798155