Current outcome
The ENSv2 activation proposal is now in an onchain vote (ending 25 October 13:32 UTC); early voting is ~100% in favor but quorum is not yet met. If passed, 15 actions execute atomically: the v1 registrar freezes new .eth registrations, v2 registration and migration open, v2 contract admin control transfers to the DAO, and the previously approved fee increase takes effect; existing holders need no action and migration has no deadline.
Progress timeline
4 material updates- #01
ENSv2 Activation Proposal Would Halt New ENSv1 Registrations
A governance proposal to activate ENSv2 would stop new ENSv1 registrations, allow existing .eth holders to migrate with no deadline, and hand ENS Labs' remaining ENSv2 admin roles over to the DAO.
Source evidence: The Defiant
- #02
【ENS 创始人提交草案提案，拟在以太坊主网激活 ENSv2】
ENS founder Nick Johnson submitted a draft executable proposal to the ENS DAO forum, adding details: v2 grace period shortened from 90 to 28 days, resolution migrated to v2, all v2 contract admin control transferred to the DAO, and existing .eth holders need no action.
State after update: ENS founder Nick Johnson has submitted a draft executable proposal to the ENS DAO forum to activate ENSv2 on Ethereum mainnet; it would freeze new v1 .eth registrations, migrate resolution to v2, shorten the grace period from 90 to 28 days, and transfer all v2 contract admin control to the DAO, with existing .eth holders needing no action; the proposal remains in draft stage.
Source evidence: foresightnews
- #03
ENS seeks DAO approval to activate upgraded Ethereum naming system
The report adds that new .eth registrations would be paused for several hours on both v1 and v2 during the transition, ENS Labs has reserved existing .eth names on v2, and governance rules require at least 1% voter participation (1 million ENS votes), majority approval, a seven-day voting period and a minimum two-day timelock; no voting date has been announced.
State after update: ENS founder Nick Johnson has submitted a draft executable proposal to activate ENSv2 on Ethereum mainnet; if approved, new v1 .eth registrations would freeze, resolution would migrate to v2, the grace period would shorten from 90 to 28 days, all v2 contract admin control would transfer to the DAO, existing .eth holders could renew without migrating, and new registrations could pause for several hours during the transition; the proposal remains in draft stage and must advance to an onchain DAO vote, with no voting date announced.
Source evidence: Cointelegraph
- #04
【ENS DAO 启动 ENSv2 主网激活提案链上投票】
ENS DAO opened onchain voting on the ENSv2 activation proposal, with voting ending 25 October 13:32; as of publication 6 wallets had cast 531,252 ENS, roughly 100% in favor, but quorum had not been reached; the proposal bundles 15 actions executed atomically by a DAO-controlled executor contract, and a previously approved pricing scheme takes effect on execution, raising annual fees for 5+ character domains from $5 to $8.
State after update: The ENSv2 activation proposal is now in an onchain vote (ending 25 October 13:32 UTC); early voting is ~100% in favor but quorum is not yet met. If passed, 15 actions execute atomically: the v1 registrar freezes new .eth registrations, v2 registration and migration open, v2 contract admin control transfers to the DAO, and the previously approved fee increase takes effect; existing holders need no action and migration has no deadline.
Source evidence: foresightnews · theblockbeats