

Nick Johnson sheds light on ENS Labs’ new L2-agnostic rollup ‘Namechain’
Nick Johnson is the Founder and Lead Developer of ENS.
In this episode, Johnson and Copeland discussed Namechain, ENS Labs' new "L2-agnostic" rollup, and the ongoing development of the decentralized naming service protocol.
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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