I.Lines Worth Keeping
Standout words from the session, kept as they were spoken or written.
“ENSv2 beta is now live on Sepolia — be among the first to build on it.”
“Bonus points if you bring AI agents into the mix — think agents as namespaces, each with their own identity and permissions.”
“As AI agents become first-class onchain actors, ENS is how you give them a name, a reputation, and a place to be found.”
II.The ENS Canon — Verbatim from the Official Prize Page
Captured September 25, 2026 from ethglobal.com/events/tokyo2026/prizes.
縁About ENS — in their words
“ENS is the universal pointer for anything on the internet. It turns wallet addresses into human-readable names like yourname.eth — a portable, onchain profile that works across every app, chain, and wallet. Developers use ENS to replace raw addresses with real identities, build decentralized websites, and create scalable subname ecosystems. As AI agents become first-class onchain actors, ENS is how you give them a name, a reputation, and a place to be found.”
壱Track one — 🧬 Best Use of ENSv2 · $6,000
🥇 $3,000 · 🥈 $2,000 · 🥉 $1,000 — scratch track.
“Explore the new hierarchical registry structure: resolve subnames straight off a parent's resolver with wildcard resolution, or deploy your own subname registry to tokenize and manage subnames under your own rules. Use Enhanced Access Control, the shared, role-based permission system behind both registries and resolvers, to delegate specific rights — like letting an account edit only certain text records on a name. Give subnames their own Permissioned Resolver so they fully own their data, mix in record aliasing at the resolver level or namespace aliasing via a shared registry, and combine it all to build subname setups — expiring, revocable, non-transferable vs. transferable, even forever names with no parent control.”
The qualification requirements:
- Project must be built on ENSv2 (Sepolia).
- ENSv2 features should be central to the product, not a cosmetic add-on.
- Your demo must be functional and not just include hard-coded values.
- Upon submission, your showcase must link a live demo, and the code must be open source on GitHub or a similar platform.
弐Track two — 🔗 Best Integration of ENSv2 into an Existing Project · $4,000
🥇 $2,000 · 🥈 $1,000 · 🥉 $1,000 — 🆕 continuity track only.
“ENSv2 is only live on Sepolia for now, so this track is about getting a head start: explore how ENSv2's feature set — the new registry hierarchy, Enhanced Access Control, Permissioned Resolvers, record and namespace aliasing — can plug into an existing protocol or project to improve the user experience or unlock entirely new use cases. Take a project you already know, yours or an open one, and integrate it against ENSv2 on its testnet deployment. This track pairs well with AI agent identity too — consider giving agents their own namespace and delegated permissions within your integration.”
The qualification requirements: the integration must use ENSv2 on Sepolia and target an existing project's testnet deployment · it should be clear how ENSv2 improves the project — not a cosmetic add-on · a functional demo, no hard-coded values · a live demo link · open source.
源The resources, as listed
- Permissioned Registry docs — docs.ens.domains/ensv2/permissioned-registry
- Permissioned Resolver docs — docs.ens.domains/ensv2/permissioned-resolver
- Enhanced Access Control docs — docs.ens.domains/ensv2/enhanced-access-control
- Guides — for contract developers and for app developers, in the ENSv2 docs
- ENSv2 overview — docs.ens.domains/ensv2/overview
- Building with AI — docs.ens.domains/building-with-ai
- Agent-native CLI — github.com/ensdomains/ens-cli
- ENSIP-25 — AI Agent Registry, ENS name verification · ENSIP-26 — agent text records
III.Sources & Further Reading
❧ Mahalo ❧
Mahalo, Kevin & ENS — for bringing the naming layer to Tokyo, for teaching it in the room, and for posting the tape before the night was over.