ENS (Ethereum Name Service)

ENS Names are commonly used for identity and domains in the Ethereum ecosystem, and Skynet has broad support in the ENS ecosystem. As they state in their documentation,
The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is a distributed, open, and extensible naming system based on the Ethereum blockchain.
ENS’s job is to map human-readable names like ‘alice.eth’ to machine-readable identifiers such as Ethereum addresses, other cryptocurrency addresses, content hashes, and metadata. ENS also supports ‘reverse resolution’, making it possible to associate metadata such as canonical names or interface descriptions with Ethereum addresses.
If you own an ENS name, you can point it to a skylink, then visit your page in a browser that supports ENS domains (or that has Metamask installed) or by visiting [ensName].eth.link .
Setting an ENS Name
After you have registered an ENS name, you can edit your record, setting the Content record to a skylink starting with sia:// – see the entry for skynetlabs.eth as an example.
ENS Names can also be controlled by DAOs using multi-sig wallets like Gnosis Safe. By using a resolver skylink run by a web team, an organization can grant usage of the domain without having to sign for every re-deploy.
ENS Support
The following services support Skynet on ENS and will resolve ENS names to an application on Skynet:
MetaMask Browser Extension (v10.0.0+)
Cloudflare's Eth.Link resolver
We are working towards support on the following applications:
MetaMask Mobile App
Opera
Brave
Puma Browser
Status (mobile)
Know of any other applications lacking ENS + Skynet support? Let us know.
Registering an ENS Name
Unfamiliar with Ethereum ecosystem? If you already have a wallet and some ETH, it'll just take a few steps to register an ENS name.
1. Connect a wallet with sufficient funds for the domain and gas
Press Connect, then select a wallet source
2. Find a name, select "Request to Register", then confirm in your wallet
Set details then press "Request to Register"
3. Wait, then complete registration and confirm
Press Register, then Confirm the Transaction
4. Visit domain details, select "Add/Edit Record" and input a skylink
Visit you ENS domain's management page
Set the content field to a `sia://` skylink
Confirm the changes and the wallet transaction
5. Enjoy your ENS name!
Additional Resources
Generating a ContentHash without the ENS App
If you aren't using the ENS frontend, you'll need to generate a content hash for your skylink.
Users using the official ENS Domains site do not need to do this!
You can insert a Base64 Skylink (without sia://) into this tool to generate one.
To generate programmatically, use the ENS Domains fork of content-hash and call encode("skynet-ns", [skylink])
Or, use the widget below.

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