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Big news from ENS Labs We’ve officially partnered with @Linea to build Namechain, our Layer 2 solution for scaling ENS to the next level. Here’s why this matters for decentralized identity and the future of ENS 👇🧵
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1/ Why Namechain? ENS has grown beyond address resolution: • Permissionless user profiles • Decentralized website hosting • DNS interoperability To scale these use cases, ENS needs lower fees and better performance - enabling a better ENS experience!
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2/ Why Linea? Linea stood out for three big reasons: • Type 2 zkEVM → Full compatibility with Ethereum tooling and smart contracts. • High-performance prover → Fast state confirmation, essential for reliable name resolution. • Values alignment → Their commitment to Ethereum’s principles and decentralization.
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3/ Built on Ethereum Linea offers the same multi-client diversity that secures Ethereum mainnet: Geth, Besu, Erigon, and Nethermind all sync seamlessly with Linea.
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4/ Proven Integration History with ENS Linea has already delivered: • First zkEVM implementation of the EVM Gateway • First L2 to enable trust-minimized CCIP-Read (ERC-3668) • Decentralized name resolution for 400,000+ linea.eth subnames This track record makes them a perfect fit for ENS.
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5/ Why L2 for ENS? Namechain solves key challenges: • Transaction Throughput → Scalable registration & renewals • Cost Efficiency → Lower fees for users • Extensibility → Explore advanced protocol features
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