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Show Notes

[00:02:37] - [First question] - Who he was before crypto and how he ended up there

[00:04:56] - How he found his way into the ENS space

[00:05:40] - Overview of DNS and domain ownership as it exists today

[00:08:48] - The Zooko triangle and how naming currently works

[00:10:31] - Previous attempts at ENS and how they differ from its final form

[00:14:07] - Deciding to build a system on top of the existing naming infrastructure

[00:18:59] - Who has the rights under DNS to shut down domains or bad actors

[00:20:59] - What you’re buying when purchasing an ENS name

[00:23:28] - How many years you can own your ENS name

[00:24:16] - Are you renting the name or buying it

[00:25:11] - Domain squatting and how they handle it today in this emergent space

[00:29:21] - Why do different letters have different pricing schemes

[00:30:25] - How much you can do with an ENS name

[00:31:53] - Can ENS names be used as wallet addresses

[00:33:18] - If he would have built it on a different blockchain if the project started today

[00:35:06] - Name collisions, country domains, and working with Ethiopia

[00:40:53] - Whether or not there will be competitors in name services in the future

[00:42:29] - Funding the project with grants and the capital that built ENS

[00:46:47] - Forming their DAO and the responsibility of token ownership

[00:48:44] - Arriving at the formula to distribute tokens to name holders

[00:55:22] - Token holder influence over the project and internal voting

[00:54:08] - Flipping tokens and long-term visions for the project

[00:57:16] - The difference between a protocol and a product

[00:58:23] - KYC, data privacy, and integrating ENS names for account logins

[01:04:19] - How cautious one should be when using their name online

[01:05:41] - What subdomains are and where they could take the project

[01:07:36] - A future where everything on the planet is named and serialized

[01:09:46] - What he’s most focused on building over the next six months and next ten years