The Ethereum Name Service is an open source blockchain-based naming protocol.
About ENS
Started at the Ethereum Foundation in early 2017, ENS spun off as a separate organization in 2018. ENS is managed by the Singaporean non-profit True Names LTD and is a public good, a basic piece of Internet infrastructure that belongs to the community. We welcome all feedback and contributions!
We have received generous support from:
Representatives of ENS participate in the greater Internet community:
Meet the team
Nick Johnson
Creator & Lead Developer
Jeff Lau
Frontend Developer
Makoto Inoue
JS & Solidity Developer
Rebecca Liebert
Graphic Designer
Dean Eigenmann
Solidity Developer
Brantly Millegan
Director of Operations
Jim McDonald
EthDNS Developer
Benefits of Ethereum
Though it supports a wide range of non-Ethereum assets, ENS runs on the Ethereum blockchain. This brings the benefits of decentralization, security, censorship-resistance, and programmability of the Ethereum blockchain to Internet naming, enabling new features like self-custody, composability in the greater Ethereum smart-contract ecosystem, and more.
Learn moreManaging the ENS root
To facilitate the possibility of upgrades and maintenance, and in exceptional circumstances to handle problems with ENS, the ENS root is initially owned by a four of seven multisig, with members of related projects as keyholders. In the long term, we would like the root multisig to be replaced by some form of distributed decision making process, as such systems become available.
- Nick Johnson
- ENS
- Sergey Nazarov
- Chainlink
- Dan Finlay
- Metamask
- Taylor Monahan
- MyCrypto
- Aron Fischer
- Colony
- Piper Merriam
- Ethereum Foundation
- Jarrad Hope
- Status
