I’ve been participating in @balajis’s fascinating social experiment ‘1729’ ( @oneseventwonine) exploring a new paradigm for education and work in the coming crypto world. The latest task is about telling more people about ENS so since I’ve done that myself, here’s a thread 🧵👇 https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1386182444324294657
ENS = Ethereum Name Service. ( @ensdomains)

It’s basically programmable domain names that can ‘resolve’ crypto addresses, similar to how web URLs help you reach your favorite websites today without having to know their IP addresses.
Crypto addresses hold crypto assets and let you authorize transactions for security. Each is unique hence long and gibberish, so ENS makes it easier.

Trivia: Despite what the name might suggest, ENS doesn’t just resolve Ethereum addresses, it can do Bitcoin and many others too!
I got myself ‘yazid.eth’, so now any compatible service that knows how to handle ENS will know to resolve that to 0xAbb77d443c8F50c3F16cf8ae126941bA9153D9fD.

(Admittedly it’s also just kinda cool to be able to get my own first name 😜)

How to get one for yourself?
1) Get a wallet like @MetaMask. I recommend MetaMask because not only does it let you maintain your crypto addresses but it also doubles as a ‘web-3 compatible’ browser that can connect to dApps (short for decentralized apps—apps built to interact with a blockchain like Ethereum)
(If you already have an Ethereum address you can also import that into MetaMask, otherwise MetaMask will generate a fresh one for you. I probably won’t get into doing imports in this thread but let me know if this is something you wanna do.)
2) So next you need to head to the ENS ‘dApp’ to find an available domain and kick-off the registration process.

Btw if you type in “ens.eth” into your MetaMask browser, it’ll resolve to https://ens.domains . Yes ENS can also be used to resolve website URLs!
3) Once you’re there go ahead and search for a name. I searched for “johnnyappleseed” (Hey look, it’s available!) Click through and you’ll see some pricing details. The prices are relatively pretty decent if you compare it to some premium plans from regular DNS providers.
The thing that might kill you is gas fees, which is something I also won’t get into in much depth here. They’re like fees you pay for interacting with Ethereum blockchain which depend on many factors. Luckily at the time of writing this gas fees are fairly low—good time to buy!
The thing that might kill you is gas fees, which is something I also won’t get into in much depth here. They’re like fees you pay for interacting with Ethereum blockchain which depend on many factors. Luckily at the time of writing this gas fees are fairly low—good time to buy!
The thing that might kill you is gas fees, which is something I also won’t get into in much depth here. They’re like fees you pay for interacting with Ethereum blockchain which depend on many factors. Luckily at the time of writing this gas fees are fairly low—good time to buy!
4) Next you’re going to need to connect your wallet with the ENS dApp. This is kind of a new concept to wrap your head around because in the past we rarely ever connect our wallets to anything, really. In the crypto world your wallet is your identifier and a security mechanism.
What it means for it to be a security mechanism is that any requests that are made on behalf of your address, especially transactions, need your confirmation. Like if you were to proceed to Request to Register, your wallet will be sent a confirmation for the initial request.
What it means for it to be a security mechanism is that any requests that are made on behalf of your address, especially transactions, need your confirmation. Like if you were to proceed to Request to Register, your wallet will be sent a confirmation for the initial request.
What it means for it to be a security mechanism is that any requests that are made on behalf of your address, especially transactions, need your confirmation. Like if you were to proceed to Request to Register, your wallet will be sent a confirmation for the initial request.
4) Once you’ve confirmed that first request as well as the next one that comes in to complete the registration, wait a couple of minutes for the transactions to clear then you should be the proud new owner of an .eth domain! But wait, you’re not done yet!
5) Once the .eth domain is yours, you need to configure it to store addresses which you want it to resolve, like your ETH wallet address. Copy that from MetaMask and paste it into the appropriate field. You’ll need to confirm these transactions too when you’re done.
5) Once the .eth domain is yours, you need to configure it to store addresses which you want it to resolve, like your ETH wallet address. Copy that from MetaMask and paste it into the appropriate field. You’ll need to confirm these transactions too when you’re done.
5) Once the .eth domain is yours, you need to configure it to store addresses which you want it to resolve, like your ETH wallet address. Copy that from MetaMask and paste it into the appropriate field. You’ll need to confirm these transactions too when you’re done.
Then that’s it! You should now have a working ENS domain. Be sure to also check out what other information can be resolved/stored by your ENS. It’s quite versatile.
What’s interesting to note is that ENS ownership is actually managed as tokens. After registering you’ll be able to see it live in your MetaMask wallet under the Collectibles tab, right next to your other art/land/cat NFTs. This also means that it can be traded too!
What’s interesting to note is that ENS ownership is actually managed as tokens. After registering you’ll be able to see it live in your MetaMask wallet under the Collectibles tab, right next to your other art/land/cat NFTs. This also means that it can be traded too!
What’s interesting to note is that ENS ownership is actually managed as tokens. After registering you’ll be able to see it live in your MetaMask wallet under the Collectibles tab, right next to your other art/land/cat NFTs. This also means that it can be traded too!
Aside from the address resolving utility of ENS, people are snapping up domains which they believe will appreciate in value over time (there’s a fascinating story out there about http://voice.com  being sold for $30M). A random few I saw up on Rarible
Aside from the address resolving utility of ENS, people are snapping up domains which they believe will appreciate in value over time (there’s a fascinating story out there about http://voice.com  being sold for $30M). A random few I saw up on Rarible
Aside from the address resolving utility of ENS, people are snapping up domains which they believe will appreciate in value over time (there’s a fascinating story out there about http://voice.com  being sold for $30M). A random few I saw up on Rarible
Aside from the address resolving utility of ENS, people are snapping up domains which they believe will appreciate in value over time (there’s a fascinating story out there about http://voice.com  being sold for $30M). A random few I saw up on Rarible
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