Articles tagged as "ENS Protocol"

In this guide, we will build a simple, easily updatable, and customizable blog website. It will be hosted on IPFS and linked to an ENS name. For this guide we will be using the Eleventy static site generator. The generator will output the entire website into static files that can be uploaded and ran on IPFS as a decentralized website. Using a static site generator is not required, but makes it easier to develop and make changes to your blog. You could also look for static template online and use a code editor like VS Code to make changes to the static files.

In the traditional DNS system, the DNS root zone file is managed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), which is part of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

There are only two steps required to prepare a DNS domain for usage within the blockchain leveraging the ENS protocol. These steps are relatively straightforward for most users who may already be familiar with adding DNS records to their legacy domain names.

Traditional DNS domains do not work natively within the blockchain, however it is possible to “supercharge” a DNS domain name using the Ethereum Name Service(ENS) protocol as a bridge.

The following is a comparison of native ENS .eth names with DNS names that have been imported to ENS protocol. By utilizing the ENS protocol, it’s possible to extend DNS functionality into the blockchain. There are however some important differences that should be noted.

The Ethereum Naming Service or ENS is a naming protocol that maps human-readable names to blockchain addresses such as Ethereum wallet addresses, other cryptocurrency addreseses like Bitcoin, MATIC, BNB and hundreds of other cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, IPFS/Arweave/Onion decentralized content locations and more.