In this week's interview Dan and Sam are joined by Nick Johnson, technical lead of ENS. The team breaks down ENS past present and future digging into its origins, the continued vision for a credibly neutral naming service, and scaling decisions in an L2 world. They also discuss key new features including the ENS Fairy and V3 name manager. They close out today's interview with a discussion on digital identities and how the ENS ecosystem continues evolving the naming service's use-cases.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:32) ENS Vision and Future

(15:45) “Hexens Ad”

(16:50) ENS Business Model & Registration Fees

(22:00) ENS Fairy

(30:00) Reflecting on ENS Airdrop

(34:02) V3 Name Manager

(38:53) DAO Structures and Services

(40:38) Digital Identities and Social Platforms

(49:41) ENS Ecosystem of Projects

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