#ens

Introducing the Steem ENS service - Learn how to get your Steem-branded ENS name!

ENS or Ethereum Name Service is a growing phenomenon in the Ethereum community. You might already know that ENS is most useful in providing a short and elegant name for your long and gibberish ethereum address. However, do you also know that ENS can actually support addresses for other cryptocurrencies as well? On top of that, ENS can also be used as a naming service for websites, Tor .onion sites and text records. For more info, you can refer to this blog post.

Ethereum Name Service

*[Source](https://medium.com/the-ethereum-name-service/everything-you-can-do-with-your-ens-name-right-now-9a66763e970a)*

What is Steem ENS?

@steem.ens is here with the objective to provide Steem-branded ENS names for fellow Steemians. Any Steemian can lease a ENS name by just delegating 150 SP to the @steem.ens account. Every 150 SP delegated entitles you to 1 ENS sub-name. For example culgin.steemleo.eth, a sub-name of steemleo.eth, currently resolves to 0xcfa69328a74c0eac388b889c21eb3ddd9d41a025.

culgin.steemleo.eth lookup on EtherScan

As long as the SP delegation is still active, your sub-name will remain active.

Why use Steem ENS?

To overcome the barrier of entry

Ethereum is an entirely different realm versus Steem. While many Steemians are familiar with Steem, not all of us know how to operate in the Ethereum environment. Furthermore, even though it is easy to get an Ethereum address, it is not so straightforward to buy ETH depending on which country you are from. Getting your own ENS requires ETH. If you have a ETH address but do not own ETH, it probably does not make sense for you to purchase ETH just to get ENS.

Cost-savings

Getting a ENS name costs at least $5 per year if you are getting it from ENS App directly. However, you will need to pay the cost in ETH. If you want to get one with credit card, you can do so via NameStack, but that will cost you $6.99 per year. Hence, if you just want to experiment to see whether ENS suits you, then you should give Steem ENS service a try.

Enhance your social image in the crypto-space

If you are active on Steem, you probably are a budding social influencer. Many of us blogs about cryptocurrencies and decentralization etc. Therefore an ENS name is a cool thing to have as it shows that you have skin in the game. There are several prominent figures in the crypto-space who are already using ENS.

For example, Vitalik Buterin,

Vitalik Twitter

Ryan Sean Adams,

Ryan Sean Adams Twitter

And closer to us, @scottcbusiness

Scott Cunningham Twitter

Having a simple ENS name also helps you get tips in ETH easier. You never know when someone will drop you some ETH to appreciate your cool content.

Support your favorite Steem-based project

By having a Steem-branded .eth address as your Twitter profile name also has an added effect of promoting Steem. Imagine having steempeak.eth name as your Twitter profile, naturally people who see it might get curious what Steempeak is about.

In addition, the @steem.ens account will also be used to upvote content created by Steem-based projects. The amount of upvote is dependent on the number of Steemians with the related ENS name. For example, if more Steemians are using steemleo.eth, then content from @steem.leo will get more upvotes from the @steem.ens account. More details will be provided later.

What are the available domains?

The following domains are current available. And I will consider adding more if there are sufficient interest.

steemnetwork.eth
steempeak.eth
steemleo.eth
3speak.eth
splinterlands.eth
palnet.eth
neoxian.eth
appics.eth
steemcoinpan.eth
sportstalk.eth
actifit.eth
esteem.eth
dlike.eth
tasteem.eth
stemgeeks.eth
photostream.eth
steemace.eth
battlegames.eth
sonicgroove.eth
vimmtv.eth
travelfeed.eth
reggaesteem.eth
clicktrackprofit.eth
upfundme.eth

How to get started?

Step 1

Delegate 150 SP to @steem.ens

Step 2

Once Step 1 is done, send @steem.ens a memo with the intended ENS sub-name and the Ethereum address to link to. For example,

Step 3

Wait for me to provision the name and send you back a memo to update you on the status. As I am doing all these manually, do allow me up to 3 days to complete your request.

Step 4

You can then go check if it has been mapped to the right address via EtherScan. The @steem.ens account will also post regular updates on new names that are added.

I have to admit that I am running this service manually right now. So it is best if you can join the Discord server in case you encounter any issues. Looking forward to your support and shoot any questions you may have.

This service is brought to you by @culgin.

Join my Discord server to learn how you can get your own ENS name

Comments · 8

@stuffbyspencer(62)· 2412d
This seems pretty cool.

Mind some rapid fire questions?
- Do you only vote on one project's post a day? If so, how do you choose who to vote for? If not, how do you ensure your VP stays high enough?
- What if no projects are posting anything, any plans on what to do with your unused VP?
- How is this more beneficial than delegating to a project directly?
- How do you plan to stay financial stable? $5 a year per domain, but you're only getting delegations, how do you make money?
- Can one person delegate in multiples of 150SP to vote for more than one project?
Thanks, hope I didn't bombard you too bad with those :^)
@helpiecake(55)· 2421d
Hello!

This post has been manually curated, resteemed and gifted with some virtually delicious cake from the @helpiecake curation team!

Much love to you from all of us at @helpie! Keep up the great work!
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@esteemapp(76)· 2421d
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@crypto.piotr(65)· 2422d
Welcome on Steemit @steem.ens and your introduction.

You've mentioned "culgin.steemleo.eth". Is it somehow related to user @culgin? Just wondering - it happened that I know this user pretty well and you got me curious.

I also must admit, that this post has been just a bit difficult to digest. Perhaps to many informations packed in one post - it's very difficult right now to summarize it and answer simple question 'what did I just read?'.

ps. I've noticed, that you're following our experimental curation trail (ph-fund). would you mind sharing with me how did you find out about this particulat trial? Do we have some common friends?

Upvote on the way :) Yours, Piotr
@partiko(66)· 2424d
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Thank you so much for your interest!
@steemitboard(66)· 2424d
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You published your First Post

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You received more than 10 upvotes. Your next target is to reach 50 upvotes.

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@coffeebreak(53)· 2424d
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@esteemapp(76)· 2424d
Welcome steem.ens!
eSteem is mobile and desktop application that improves your experience on Steem.

Download Android and iOS apps. Surfer Desktop application that helps you to gain new followers and stay connected with your friends, unique features - notifications, bookmarks, favorites, drafts, and more.
We reward our users with encouragement upvotes as well as ESTM token.
Learn more: https://esteem.app
Join our discord: https://discord.me/esteem