Nick Johnson sheds light on ENS Labs’ upcoming rollup ‘Namechain’

Episode 11 of The Crypto Beat was recorded with The Block's Editor-In-Chief, Tim Copeland and Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Founder, Nick Johnson.

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Nick Johnson is the Founder and Lead Developer of ENS.

In this episode, Johnson and Copeland discussed Namechain, ENS Labs' upcoming "L2-agnostic" rollup, and the ongoing development of the decentralized naming service protocol. The rollup is expected to lower barriers to entry by allowing users to start their ENS journey from any Ethereum Layer 2.

Outline

00:00 Introduction
01:27 Namechain
05:59 Backwards compatibility
08:00 ENS name trading
13:12 The necessity of name chain
15:04 Beyond Ethereal
16:58 Venmo & Paypal
18:08 The Ethereum Foundation
19:57 Challenges of the Ethereum Blockchain
22:25 Evolution and growth of ENS
24:33 Ethereum ETF
25:00 Conclusion

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Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicksdjohnson/?originalSubdomain=nz

ENS
X - https://x.com/ensdomains
Website - https://ens.domains/

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