name registration is such an obvious way to monetize decentralized/federated communication protocols you have to wonder how many times it's going to happen in the next few years

for many i think it'd be tough to give up potential revenue to ENS (or in the future fnames) just because they got there a moment earlier

I think one hybrid structure which could achieve the best of both worlds (revenue/control for issuer + compatibility with ENS) is that services leverage ENS subdomains with special treatment in their product (+ fees, additional functionality)

@base builder #001; onchain cities w/ OAK & city3

so for instance, fnames would in the background be ENS subdomains of *.farcaster.xyz. in that structure:

* can charge for them as they see fit
* can expand functionality of names permissionlessly
* can display in app w/special treatment
* get auto compatibility with every app that already integrates ENS

makes a lot of sense! with this option i think the biggest consideration is if you think ENS (and by extension eth mainnet) is the right house

ah interesting, would leave to learn more about that. didn't know something like that was possible

yeah agreed. though ENS doesn't necessarily equals ETH mainnet. we are actively working to bring our subdomain to an L2 and it should be interoperable across L2/L1. think it's more ENS == EVM