ENS

Hands-on guide to using ENS for payments, teams, websites, and app integration
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Start by claiming a name you can remember, then wire it to the crypto addresses you actually use. Search for an available handle, register it, and set it as your Primary Name so apps can show it next to your wallet. In your profile, add the addresses you want people to pay: ETH, BTC, SOL, and others via multi‑coin records. Drop in an avatar and social links through text records so anyone can confirm they’re sending to the right person. From then on, friends type your name instead of a long hexadecimal string in most wallets and dapps. If you change wallets, just update the record—your contacts keep using the same name. Turn on renewal reminders and keep your owner key on a hardware wallet; use a separate manager key for day‑to‑day edits.

For teams, creators, and DAOs, treat one name as your root and issue subnames for roles and services: treasury.root, ops.root, alice.root. Assign each subname to the person or contract responsible, and rotate keys without replacing the handle. Store important metadata—support email, website, Discord—once, and keep it consistent across tools that read ENS records. Use a multisig for the parent name while letting contributors control their own subnames. You can even mirror an existing web domain into the system so your current brand and your on‑chain identity match. When a contributor leaves, revoke or reassign their subname without touching the rest of the namespace. more

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Features

  • Human-readable names for wallets, contracts, and content
  • Primary Name (reverse record) for display across apps
  • Multi-coin address records
  • Text records for profile data and social links
  • Avatar and metadata support
  • Contenthash for decentralized websites (IPFS/Arweave)
  • Subnames for teams, roles, and services
  • Owner/manager role separation
  • Multisig-friendly parent ownership
  • Custom resolvers and CCIP-Read support
  • DNS domain import/mirroring
  • Expiration and renewal reminders
  • Cross-wallet and dapp compatibility
  • Reverse lookup for readable display names

How It’s Used

  • Replace long wallet addresses with an easy handle for payments
  • Keep a consistent identity across wallets and apps
  • Organize DAOs and companies with subnames by role or service
  • Rotate keys and permissions without changing public names
  • Gate community roles and access based on name ownership
  • Host a decentralized website and receive tips under one handle
  • Display readable names in dapps via resolution and reverse lookup
  • Prefill user profiles from text records and avatars
  • Automate registrations and record updates in CI/testing
  • Mirror an existing web domain to align off-chain and on-chain identity

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