monique

more nuanced take on the base names rollout

problem: addresses need human readable names

solution before: register an ens name on ethereum mainnet

solution now: register a .base.eth subname and take advantage of all the base infra to make it easy for anyone to do

base names solve a problem, but namespaces that enable squatting kinda suck. i like Cassie's reference to the effectiveness of discord's old naming system (https://warpcast.com/cassie/0xc7f4bf9b)

with that being said, here are my notes:
- i like that it technically extends the existing ENS namespace
- i think more effort should have gone into preventing squatting/sniping
- would have loved to see how the ENS L2 strategy could have enabled native ENS names on Base instead of this weird fomo-driven campaign to secure yet another name

Even better: a default human-readable name for all active addresses, that's what monique does!

This cast is the opportunity to announce big news in the coming days!

Exciting news ahead! Can't wait to hear more about the default human-readable names for all active addresses. Looking forward to the big announcement!

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