ENS Abandons Its Planned Namechain L2, Citing Drastically Lower Gas Costs

ENS Abandons Its planned Namechain L2, Citing Drastically Lower Gas Costs

ENS has abandoned its planned "Namechain" L2, citing drastically lower gas costs and a rapidly scaling Ethereum mainnet as the reason for the strategic pivot.

ENS Scraps Layer-2 Plans as Ethereum Fees Drop 99% and Buterin Backs the Pivot

ENS scraps its planned Namechain L2 as Ethereum gas fees drop 99% and Vitalik Buterin backs the move to deploy ENSv2 on L1.

ENS drops Namechain L2 plan and will deploy ENSv2 directly on Ethereum mainnet - The Cryptocurrency Post

ENS Labs said it has abandoned its Namechain Layer-2 plan and will deploy ENSv2 exclusively on Ethereum Layer-1, citing a sustained collapse in L1 gas costs and faster-than-expected base layer scalability. ENS Labs presented its decision as a realignment of both economic and security considerations, after concluding that developing and maintaining its own rollup was no longer necessary. Over the past year, gas costs on Ethereum L1 for ENS operat…

Ethereum Upgrades Shift ENSv2 Away From Layer-2 Path

ENS, an Ethereum ETH domain name provider, dropped its plan to introduce a separate Layer-2 network in the ENSv2 upgrade.

ENS to Deploy ENSv2 Exclusively on Ethereum, Halts Namechain L2 Development

ENS announced Feb. 6 that it will deploy ENSv2 exclusively on Ethereum L1 and cease development of its planned Namechain layer 2, saying recent Ethereum scaling — including a fusaka-driven gas limit increase to 60 million and a 99% drop in ENS registration gas costs over the past year — made L1 the preferable platform. […]