ENS DAO sets October 25 deadline for ENSv2 mainnet activation vote
TradingView reports the Ethereum Name Service DAO will close its ENSv2 mainnet vote on October 25, while existing .eth names stay functional.
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what happened
According to TradingView, members of the Ethereum Name Service DAO will finish voting on October 25 on whether to bring ENSv2 live on the Ethereum mainnet. The proposal also hands the DAO the leftover administrative powers held by ENS Labs, so control of the protocol moves to the community. Holders of existing .eth domains could keep using and renewing them.
ENS maps readable names such as alice.eth onto wallet addresses, content hashes and other metadata. The system resembles DNS, but it runs on Ethereum smart contracts, where domain owners control their own subdomains.
why it matters
For markets this is more a governance and infrastructure story than a price driver. A shift of control from the company to token-holder governance could influence sentiment around projects in the Ethereum ecosystem, though the source does not estimate the size of any such effect.
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- Ethereum Name Service DAO to Close ENSv2 Activation Vote on October 25th — TradingView, 19 October 2026 at 14:43 UTC
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