ENSv2 is live on mainnet! Migrate your names at and you will eligible for this super cool commemorative NFT! ENS has been my life for the last decade and I'm so proud of this team for bringing the next version of ENS to make the foundations for the future of the internet. Let's go 🚀

ENSv2 was activated today and I'm proud to be part of the biggest upgrade of @ensdomains in its history! It's not only the smart contracts that have been redesigned and rewritten to lay the foundation of the open naming layer for the internet: a flexible permissions system, an extensible and configurable tree structure and more. There are also two new apps, the manager and explorer, which will give the two distinct user groups, normies and power users, the interface they need. On top of that, and here is my personal contribution, we made sure that wallets and apps which integrate with ENS not only become ready for ENSv2 but also deepen their integration: Use the Universal Resolver, support DNS-imported names, do offchain resolution and many more technical integration details. The ENS integrations ecosystem got an upgrade too 💥. Shout out to the world-class devrel team: Greg (@gregskril), Kevin (@workem0n) and Yash Goyal (@yash_goyal_dev) who made sure that every major web3 library, all important wallets and most apps are ENSv2 ready with tailored support and extensive pull requests, concise and complete documentation, automated test suites and a CLI that agents and humans love, all while traveling the world enabling hackers at @ethglobal and other hackathons. I'm also grateful to be working under the leadership of Nick Johnson (@nicksdjohnson), Jeff Lau (@Jefflau), Katherine Wu (@katherinewu) and Dom (@domicoeth) who had to take some tough and controversial decisions like ditching NameChain or postponing the launch until we were 100% sure it was ready. Nothing worse than a rushed launch. If you are an app developer and you are not sure if your app is ENSv2 ready, don't fret: ENSv2 names will continue to be resolvable through the documented V1 resolution paths. And being fully ENSv2 compatible is, 90% of the time, simply updating to the latest version of your favorite web3 library. If your app has writing capabilities like registering a name, setting a text record or managing subnames, more work is needed. Head over to the ENSv2 documentation to find out more or reach out. We're happy to assist.

I joined ENS Labs 4 years ago as a designer on a tiny team of mostly devs. In that time I’ve watched Labs evolve into a multidisciplinary team capable of taking on something as ambitious as ENSv2. I’ve grown alongside it too, from designing interfaces, to leading design, to now working across every part of Labs as General Manager. With this comes greater responsibility to the people who trust ENS with names they own and identities they’ve built. ENSv2 reflects that commitment; a more flexible, scalable ENS that strengthens decentralisation and trustlessness, while preserving everyone’s ownership, and keeping ENS open infrastructure. The team carries these values into every product decision and tradeoff. I’m proud of what we’ve built, and especially proud of the people behind it. I’m excited to launch v2, but even more excited about what we’ll build next. ENSv2 lays the groundwork for what comes next; new uses for ENS, new industries coming onchain, and more people finally understanding the value of Ethereum firsthand. Go explore ENSv2.

New .eth pricing and grace-period changes are coming with ENSv2. The annual price for 5+ character names will move from $5 to $8, new multi-year discounts are coming across all name lengths, and the grace period will move from 90 days to 28. Here’s what you need to know ↓

What does ENSv2 mean for subnames like alice.uni.eth, names that use CCIP-Read, and DNS names imported into ENS? Here’s how existing names will keep working, and what the new architecture makes possible.

The vote to activate ENSv2 on Ethereum mainnet is now live. This is a major step toward launching the next generation of ENS, with the decision in the hands of the DAO. Read the proposal and vote ⤵

The teams building Ethereum's open infrastructure will be in the room at Devcon 8, and they want to meet you. @Kleros_io, @gnosis_ , @base, @ensdomains and more Devcon 8 Supporters are coming to Mumbai. Bring your questions and your ideas!

Keep your name renewed, and upgrade when you’re ready to use the new ENSv2 features. We’ll share the launch instructions through our official channels. You can find more answers here: