We were the first ICANN registrar to support Ethereum Name Service (ENS) linking to legacy IANA TLDs, starting with .XYZ back in 2018 and then earlier this year with many others, including .COM. That means you could use your .XYZ or .COM domain as an Ethereum wallet address, NFT, etc. We’ve now gone a step […]
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New, Improved and Expanded Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Integration now online
Over the holidays we were able to launch our new and improved Ethereum Name Service (ENS) wizard for linking your plain ole internet domain names to an Ethereum address
What’s already possible in legacy DNS for ENS and IPFS support
While walking the dog today I listened to Bankless, which is my new favourite podcast for following the Ethereum ecosystem and economy. My curiosity was piqued when I saw the item about Cloudflare’s rolling out support for Ethereum Name Service (ENS) and IPFS, especially the way it was worded: “Cloudflare and IPFS – Your ethereum […]
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Integration Now Live on Mainnet.
Shortly after last year’s first Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Workshop in London, UK; ENS Working Group lead Nick Johnson released an implementation of ENS integration for the ropsten test network. Since then, the ENS WG has been working with the .XYZ registry and easyDNS to implement live ENS integration for .XYZ domains on the Ethereum […]
Why You Must Learn to Love DNSSEC
It’s been nearly two months since the high profile BGP hijack attack against MyEtherwallet, where crypto thieves used BGP leaks to hijack MEW’s name servers, which were on Amazon’s Route53, and inserted their own fake name servers which directed victims to their own fake wallet site, thereby draining some people’s wallets. It generated a lot […]
DNS On Blockchain, Ethereum Name Service (ENS), VRM and Governance (oh my)
Last month I had the good fortune to be invited to the first Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Workshop in London, UK. Ever since I became first exposed to crypto-currencies with Bitcoin, I have been enthusiastic about the possibilities of using blockchain technology to underpin DNS. To be clear, I don’t envision blockchain ever replacing DNS, I […]
