Beta is here. Try the new ENSv2 registry, test the upgrade flow, and explore the latest ENS App and ENS Explorer on Ethereum Sepolia.
Today, the ENS App & ENS Explorer enter public Beta on Ethereum Sepolia. You can now try the new ENSv2 registry, explore the latest versions of both apps, and test the first public version of the ENSv2 upgrade flow for eligible Sepolia .eth names.
Beta is the last major public testing phase on the path to mainnet. It provides a new experience for users to test the registry and upgrade names.
ENSv2 reflects years of active learning and community feedback from operating ENS at scale. It includes a major architectural redesign focused on making ENS easier to use and integrate, and better suited to support a diverse and growing set of blockchain environments.
Two featured parts of Beta are the latest versions of the ENS App and ENS Explorer. Together, they expand how users interact with ENS and give developers a clearer, more capable way to explore and understand the protocol.
The App continues to evolve to be the default destination for everyday users to manage names, profiles and their onchain identity.
In Beta, you can test the name upgrade flow, personalize and save profile themes, renew names, use the new price cooldown widget and reminders, set a primary name directly from the dashboard, choose specific expiry dates, access browser notification settings, and manage profile records through more streamlined flows.
Search and onboarding have also been redesigned to make getting around the App faster and easier.
The Explorer adds more robust functionality for technical users of the ENS protocol to build with confidence.
You can now register and renew names directly through the Explorer, manage permissioned resolvers, create and delete subnames, manage Name Wrapper fuses for ENSv1 names, explore dedicated TLD pages, inspect richer token and contract information, identify different entities more easily, generate dynamic social previews, and follow single or sequential transactions through unified transaction flows.
Behind the scenes, we've expanded the feature set of both apps, improved interface responsiveness, and made them better equipped to support ENSv2. We've also improved mobile layouts, accessibility, search reliability, and translation tooling as we prepare the experience for broader use.
In preparation for the full release, there's more actively in development, including expanded ENSv1 support, DNS enhancements, broader resolution tooling, and additional payment options. Updated pricing models will also come with the full ENSv2 rollout, with the Beta App featuring a new price cooldown widget to help users understand how cooldown pricing works.
There are two Beta-specific limitations worth knowing about before you start. We're in the process of merging the framework that makes normalization logic upgradeable before mainnet, as a result this capability will be ready for mainnet, not in current Beta phase.
While we test more diverse payment options for users, Beta offers mockUSDC and official testnet USDC as payment options. Both are test tokens and have no monetary value.
Beta software notice: The ENS App, ENS Explorer, and ENSv2 Beta contracts are experimental software and may contain defects. Use of the Beta is subject to the ENS Terms of Service.
Alongside the updated ENS App and Explorer, we're deploying the new ENSv2 registry on Ethereum Sepolia.
This creates a clean testing environment for the updated architecture, which means names registered during earlier Alpha phases won't appear in the Beta registry. If you participated in previous App or Explorer testing, you should expect to start fresh in Beta.
Beta also introduces the first public version of the ENSv2 upgrade flow.
If you have an ENSv1 .eth name registered on Ethereum Sepolia after the Beta contracts were deployed, you can now test how that name transitions into ENSv2 directly within the App. For the upgrade flow, eligible names are ENSv1 .eth names registered on Ethereum Sepolia after the Beta contracts were deployed.
This is an essential mechanism being tested ahead of the mainnet rollout, and feedback here will play an important role in refining the overall upgrade experience.
Security testing will continue beyond the Beta launch. An audit competition will start on August 18 in collaboration with Immunefi to bring more security researchers into the testing process ahead of mainnet. The competition is scheduled to run through September 14, with a conditional reward pool of up to $70,000 based on the highest-severity valid finding.
The audit competition is separate from regular Beta testing. Security researchers will need to follow the published competition scope and rules, including conducting their testing on local forks rather than against the live Ethereum Sepolia deployment or mainnet.
Full competition details, eligibility requirements, and submission rules will be available on Immunefi when the competition opens.
Beta is the last major public testing phase on the path to mainnet.
The core architecture is now in place, the primary surfaces are live, and the broader ENS integration ecosystem is preparing for the ENSv2 upgrade. Over the past several months, we've been working closely with wallets, apps, resolvers, and infrastructure providers to support ENSv2 compatibility across the ecosystem, supported by improvements to the Universal Resolver and related resolution infrastructure.
Test both the ENS App & ENS Explorer, register names, try the upgrade flow if you have an eligible Sepolia .eth name, and help shape the next version of ENS.
Mainnet timing will follow the results of public testing. We'll share specifics once Beta data tells us we're ready. Until then, Beta is live, so try it, explore it, and tell us what you think.
The ENS App, ENS Explorer, and ENSv2 Beta contracts are experimental software and may contain defects. Use of the Beta is subject to the ENS Terms of Service.