ENS announces that ENSv2 will only be deployed on Ethereum L1 and will cease in-house development of L2 "Namechain"

WuSaidBlockchainW · 2026-02-06T17:16:03+00:00

Ethereum Name Service announces that ENSv2 will be deployed only on Ethereum L1, stopping development of L2 "Namechain." The team believes that improvements in scalability and registration costs on Ethereum L1 make the original plan unnecessary. Nonetheless, the progress of ENSv2 features remains unaffected, and related applications have entered the public alpha stage.

WuSaidBlockchainW

2026-02-06 17:16:03

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Wu said that Ethereum Name Service announced that ENSv2 will only be deployed on Ethereum L1 and will cease development of the self-developed L2 “Namechain.” The team stated that as Ethereum L1 scaling and registration costs have significantly improved, the original plan to build an independent L2 is no longer justified. The halt in Namechain development will not affect the progress of ENSv2 features, and related contracts as well as the ENS App and ENS Explorer have entered the public alpha stage. The ENS team also pointed out that staying on L1 allows them to leverage Ethereum’s native security and decentralization features, while the technical experience gained from Namechain will be used to enhance ENS’s interoperability support for various L2s.

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