$ENS Catalyst Posts
June 30, 2026Single-day social intelligence recap and verified catalyst posts · ← Back to $ENS Profile · Market Rankings
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69 source posts analyzed· 2026-06-30T09:42:44+00:00Absolutely to nobody's surprise Nick used 50% of the voting supply to vote down the onchain proposal to renew the Security council despite having abstained the offchain vote Can't let that sweet ~$500m go to anybody else than him and his company! And with that ENS DAO is dead
AI visual analysis: A snapshot of the Tally governance platform showing the "Renewal of the Security Council (Term 2)" proposal (EP 6.48), where nick.eth holds a dominant red bubble of 3,280,721 voting power—roughly 50% of the 1,000,000 FOR-against-538,447 quorum—and appears to have voted against the renewal, opposing signers like lefteris.eth, brantly.eth, and fireeyesdao.eth in the visualization, visually illustrating the post's claim that nick.eth used his outsized voting share to block the Security Council's renewal and effectively centralize control of the ENS DAO treasury.
· 2026-06-30T11:03:24+00:00man crypto is down so bad even ENS is rugging us
· 2026-06-30T14:48:19+00:00I can't believe ENS, of all things, has turned into another heist and grift. Is nothing sacred? The reasons given--DAOs are dysfunctional, etc.--are all true in general but pretty much irrelevant in this case as DAO simply controls treasury and has funded Labs with whatever it
· 2026-06-30T21:19:26+00:00THE BLOCK: ENS co-founder Nick Johnson voted against renewing the DAO's Security Council, with his roughly 80% share of votes single-handedly blocking the proposal. He said unresolved concerns with the proposed council members prompted his opposition, while backing an
AI visual analysis: The image displays the ENS (Ethereum Name Service) logo in light blue on a dark navy background, featuring a stylized diamond/gem icon next to the lowercase "ens" text. This logo represents the company mentioned in the post, which discusses co-founder Nick Johnson's significant voting power in the ENS DAO and his decision to block the Security Council renewal proposal.
· 2026-06-30T12:35:15+00:00the moral and usage implosion of ENS is a catastrophe for Ethereum
AI visual analysis: This image displays a proposal visualization showing "nick.eth" as a dominant force in a "Renewal of the Security Council (Term 2)" proposal, which can be seen as a graphical representation of what the post describes as an "implosion" for Ethereum.
· 2026-06-30T18:03:01+00:00- receive ENS airdrop - sell it / never vote - wait 3 years - come back to complain governance is being centralized
· 2026-06-30T13:03:41+00:00ENS governance explained. vote: Should the DAO send its treasury to ENS Labs? ▓░░░░░░░░░ 2% - Yes ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 98% - No Nick: but I like money *votes Yes* ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 99% - Yes ▓░░░░░░░░░ 1% - No
· 2026-06-30T20:54:24+00:00Although it's not exactly the same as AAVE, there's also a serious DAO governance crisis unfolding on the ENS side. Nick is advocating for the DAO's operational role to be largely eliminated, transferring the management of assets worth approximately $500M to a 5-person
AI visual analysis: The image shows the Tally governance interface for Executable Proposal [6.48] "Renewal of the Security Council (Term 2)" on ENS, where nick.eth's 3,280,721 voting power heavily outweighs other voters like fireeyesdao.eth (153,605) and brantly.eth (105,801), with the proposal nearing its July 6, 2026 deadline. The post's caption connects by highlighting how this vote reflects the ENS DAO governance crisis, with nick.eth—holding the largest concentration of votes—championing the shift to a leaner 4-of-8 Security Council while managing ~$500M in assets.
· 2026-06-30T13:02:39+00:00Hey @VitalikButerin you should lock in on whats happening with ENS
· 2026-06-30T22:28:32+00:00FWIW, I still think that all global name systems—including DNS and ENS and the new one and the future one that’s going to come after that—are harmful to users and are preventing us from seeing the alternative that is good for users. My longest thread ever:
AI visual analysis: A tweet from @zooko (zooko❤️ ❷) replying to @cromagnoniq and @GBousis, stating: 'No, I have literally no idea what that is. I've never touched a crypto punk or whatever. Anybody could put "Wilcox.eth" into their ENS. Maybe it's somebody whose last name is Wilcox? I have no idea.' Posted at 7:02 AM, Sep 1, 2021.
· 2026-06-30T16:10:01+00:00ENS is literally one of the few projects our industry has produced in the past 10 years that has actual PMF and it could just run profitably on autopilot forever why are they setting it on fire
· 2026-06-30T23:36:58+00:00. @nicksdjohnson you guys scammed the fuck out of my ens airdrop, i'll literally take every dollar you transfer out of that treasury & relaunch ens if you do this you cited the governance model & distribution, i'll put it in court i'll let you do this first too is the best part
· 2026-06-30T10:23:36+00:00don’t let nick fool you into thinking that the security council is acting outside its stated purpose: docs.ens.domains/dao/security-c …
AI visual analysis: A dark-themed documentation page titled "Purpose and Powers" under "Security Council" lists the council's emergency activation criteria—including proposals that violate the ENS Constitution, harm DAO longevity, or benefit attackers—while noting the council cannot propose governance actions, supporting the post's claim that the security council is acting within its defined role.
· 2026-06-30T11:49:31+00:00Is this really the guy we're suppose to trust to make logical decisions for ENS?
AI visual analysis: The image shows three tweets from nick.eth (@nicksdjohnson) dated 6/2/23, where he comments on Matt Walsh's "movie" helping identify transphobes, expresses disappointment that "leave people alone to be themselves" is controversial in 2023, and defends puberty blockers as delaying irrevocable decisions for young people. These tweets support the accompanying post's skepticism about whether @nicksdjohnson, a figure associated with Ethereum Name Service (ENS), should be trusted to make logical decisions, given his emotionally-charged and controversial social media takes on cultural and political issues.
· 2026-06-30T19:05:57+00:00How it started vs how it's going: ENS DAO edition
AI visual analysis: A Discord screenshot shows "Delegate" nick.eth proposing a statement agreeing to a new security council mandate and charter, noting his 87% DAO participation rate and a KYC requirement for signers, while "Assistant Steward" krys criticizes the audacious proposal for "yorking the treasury," refusing to use their voting power for it, and pledging to propose removing "Katherine." The exchange reflects the "How it started vs how it's going" theme by contrasting a member's polished, credential-backed governance statement with another member's blunt, combative rejection—capturing ENS DAO's fractured and increasingly hostile delegate dynamics.
· 2026-06-30T11:37:34+00:00The unit economics on buying ~$15m in $ENS and draining the ENS DAO treasury before @nicksdjohnson , after the security council is gone, are pretty solid. Nice little ~6x
AI visual analysis: A screenshot of an ENS DAO governance vote titled "[6.48] [Executable] Renewal of the Security Council (Term 2)" showing the proposal with 3.28M tokens against, 538K for, and quorum of 1,000,000, where top voters like nick.eth (3.28M against) and fireeyesdao.eth (153K for) are listed. The image supports the post's warning that with the security council expiring July 24, 2026 and the renewal vote failing, a small holder could exploit the vulnerability for a ~6x return by draining the treasury.
· 2026-06-30T21:09:54+00:00ENS co-founder Nick Johnson blocks Security Council renewal with 80% of votes
· 2026-06-30T10:33:47+00:00Everyone who works with @nicksdjohnson , @katherinewu , & @ensdomains :
· 2026-06-30T12:56:02+00:00ETHGlobal Lisbon 2026 | @ensdomains ENS is bringing $5k in prizes to Lisbon this July. Human-readable names for wallets, websites, social links, and onchain identity. July 24–26 · Pavilhão Carlos Lopes Apply to Hack: ethglob.al/H734NIIBRQ
AI visual analysis: A partner announcement banner for ENS (.eth domains) featuring $5k in prizes, displayed over a blue and white Portuguese tile background for EthGlobal Lisbon 2026.
· 2026-06-30T23:51:11+00:00ens is like one of very few thing i care about in this space
· 2026-06-30T15:01:35+00:00ENS was dead the moment they cancelled brantly, this is just what happens when you let vaxxed bluesky censorship zealots run things. ENS can no longer be trusted
AI visual analysis: The image shows a Tally governance proposal visualization for "[6.48][Executable] Renewal of the Security Council (Term 2)" by avsa.eth, where "nick.eth" casts a large red "Against" vote that visually dominates over several smaller green "For" votes. This visual support the poster's claim about disputed governance decisions within ENS, though the proposal shown is unrelated to brantly.eth's removal.
· 2026-06-30T16:46:10+00:00A good name hides complexity. You don’t need to understand how DNS works every time you visit a website, or remember someone’s full phone number every time you want to call them. The name becomes the interface between people and the system underneath.
· 2026-06-30T10:23:24+00:00after this, who would still trust ENS anymore!? at this point normal domain name holders have better guarantees than ENS domain name holders the entire ENS protocol can be changed unilaterally by one person. i will remove ENS support from @unitmetalHQ and all my apps from now
AI visual analysis: A Tally governance page for the ENS DAO proposal [6.48] [Executable] Renewal of the Security Council (Term 2), showing voter breakdown led by 'nick.eth' with 3,260,721 voting power, ending July 6, 2026.
· 2026-06-30T20:06:18+00:00Can someone give me a TLDR on the ENS drama from this week? I keep seeing everyone talk about it but a little unclear what exactly happened or what's at risk for my S-tier domains (such as blockchad.eth) if the DAO falls apart
· 2026-06-30T16:39:36+00:00DeFi United walked so ENS United could run hear me out, we’d need an extra 2.7m ENS tokens or $10.8m to counter nick’s allocation
· 2026-06-30T12:33:48+00:00New temp check: replaces the current Security Council with a new 8-member, 5/8-threshold council, tightens and publicly binds its mandate, and adds removal for out-of-remit actions. Veto coverage preserved through transition. Nominations open to July 3.
· 2026-06-30T16:27:46+00:00There is now a clear trend toward onchain metadata. Examples include: • ENS (ENSIP-24) • ERC-8004 (Onchain Metadata) • ERC-721T (ERC-8048) • ERC-8049 (Contract-Level Onchain Metadata) • B20 (Extra Metadata)
AI visual analysis: The image shows a documentation table titled "Extra Metadata," describing an arbitrary key/value store for issuer-defined on-chain metadata with two methods: `extraMetadata(key)` to read a value, and `updateExtraMetadata(key, value)` to write a value (gated by `METADATA_ROLE`, where setting an empty value removes the entry). It illustrates the B20 Extra Metadata standard referenced in the post as one example of the growing trend toward on-chain metadata implementations.
· 2026-06-30T23:01:43+00:00The ENS thing has really shaken Ethereum to the core.
· 2026-06-30T14:23:48+00:00who’s working on an ENS fork?
AI visual analysis: A Tally governance proposal page for [6.48][Executable] Renewal of the Security Council (Term 2) on Tally, showing a vote for with 3,282,913 FOR and 538,447 AGAINST, quorum at 1,000,000, ending 2:35 am Jul 06, 2026, with voters including nick.eth (3,280,721), fireside.eth, brantly.eth, and others.
· 2026-06-30T18:59:42+00:00All due respect to someone I admire: It's the catastrophizing that puts ENS/ETH at risk Big ENS doesn't determine the outcome, builders do Everyone buy, build and use @NameWhisper_AI
AI visual analysis: A Tally proposal visualization titled '[6.48][Executable] Renewal of the Security Council (Term 2' by avsa.eth, showing voting shares with a dominant red circle labeled 'nick.eth' and several smaller green circles.
· 2026-06-30T19:25:04+00:00I share the same question: is there no snapshot? Could anyone just buy 4M tokens and vote the other way?
· 2026-06-30T18:35:12+00:00I don't have forum privileges on the ENS DAO forums can someone post the following proposal: 1. do the things nick.eth wants, BUT: 2. open a tender offer to convert all ENS tokens into ENS Labs Equity, 1:1, in an ACE round team stays accountable, ENS holders get value! fair
AI visual analysis: A screenshot of the ENS DAO Discourse forum showing a new user profile for "lex-node" with "No activity yet" and welcome message for new community members.
· 2026-06-30T20:22:36+00:00If enough people agree, we can socially fork ENS, so please form consensus, don’t act unilaterally
· 2026-06-30T21:17:00+00:00With the ens drama alongside the previous nouns drama I’m becoming increasingly convinced that the only correct DAO model is to spend all of your money as fast as possible One seemingly valid option is to contract with small, for profit, contracting groups to carry out projects
· 2026-06-30T11:05:20+00:00man crypto is down so bad even ENS is rugging us
· 2026-06-30T22:07:41+00:00REGISTERED: 087.eth For: $1,343.10 (0.85 ETH) Minter: 95580.eth Last Sale: 0.12 ETH, 21 Nov 2025 Category: 999 Club @ens999club grails.app/087.eth
AI visual analysis: A registered ENS domain card displaying '087.eth' priced at $1,343 (0.85 ETH), minted by 95580.eth.
· 2026-06-30T23:00:11+00:00RENEWED: 12 names For: $1,487.35 (0.95 ETH) Owner: 0x0e46...897a Renewer: 0xcdae...b336 499.eth, 994.eth, 919.eth, +9 more Category: 999 Club @ens999club grails.app/profile/0xcdae …
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· 2026-06-30T11:45:29+00:00This stuff is turning my stomach. It's not too late to repent and make ENS great again. The ethereum community has put a lot of sweat equity and reputation into this thing.
AI visual analysis: Text describing an $ENS token DAO governance proposal, highlighting the phrase 'as well as receive future revenue' in blue, which outlines voting rights to govern protocol parameters and control community treasury funds.
· 2026-06-30T21:19:44+00:00ENS CO-FOUNDER NICK JOHNSON BLOCKS DAO SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWAL WITH ~80% VOTE SHARE, CITING UNRESOLVED CONCERNS
· 2026-06-30T14:46:53+00:00Now that ENS Labs (via the project's founder, Nick) is trying to install itself as simultaneously the primary controller of the operations, treasury, AND security council, it's time to update this take: - The DAO looks like it has been captured. Voting power is concentrated in
· 2026-06-30T13:42:03+00:00My opinion on #ENS in one point
AI visual analysis: A colorful Venn diagram meme with three overlapping circles labeled 'WHAT' (red), 'THE' (yellow), and 'FUCK' (blue), showing various humorous intersections like 'WHAT THE' and 'THE FUCK.'
· 2026-06-30T16:51:47+00:00BREAKING: ENS Labs’ schedule for $500M DAO treasury usage leaked.
AI visual analysis: A calendar showing December 20 highlighted in red, with the day's schedule humorously listing "wild goose chase" (all-day), "investigate red herring" (6:00-10:00 AM), "Fool's errand" at "House of Fools" (10:00 AM-12:00 PM), "break for lunch" (12:00-1:00 PM), and "waste time" (starting 1:00 PM) — satirically mocking the leaked ENS Labs DAO treasury usage schedule as a series of unproductive activities.
· 2026-06-30T16:46:16+00:00ENS brings that same pattern to Ethereum. A name can sit on top of addresses, records, profiles, websites, and other resources. The underlying system can be complex, but the user-facing experience doesn’t have to be.
· 2026-06-30T15:52:54+00:00CROPS is fundamentally a set of ideals that by design cannot die, but requires moral discernment to be introduced. The ENS DAO situation should galvanize people to take more seriously the needs for immutable mechanisms that are impossible to capture. A DAO is not a reliable
· 2026-06-30T14:56:46+00:00The SC is open for nominations and the criteria for getting on the ballot are permissive and transparent. I have no plans to vote on SC nominees.
· 2026-06-30T16:20:25+00:00ENS = governance token, for governance over the DAO treasury => tokenholders decide what happens with the DAO treasury Yes, ENS is a governance token, but tokenholders are still entitled to a governance vote on what happens with the treasury, which could lead to revenue being
· 2026-06-30T16:46:13+00:00That’s what makes names so powerful. They turn complicated systems into something people can actually use, remember, and share. A city on a map, a contact in your phone, a website in your browser, or a wallet in an app all become easier to navigate once they have a name.
· 2026-06-30T16:58:37+00:00About to go LIVE! Will announce the winners of the latest GIVbacks round & will talk about lots of stuff! @thedaofund @ENS_DAO Fundraising to support Venezuela Or anything people want to talk about :-D
· 2026-06-30T13:56:26+00:00ENS doomposters
· 2026-06-30T13:46:21+00:00If this was a Decision market, nick would've had to convince this was a net positive to ENS price instead of just forcing his will with the allo. Even if he wanted to force through the proposal by buying the preferred outcome, it would've given other holders the ability to be on
AI visual analysis: An Aragon DAO governance page for '[6.48] [Executable] Renewal of the Security Council (Term 2)' showing a proposal visualization with 'nick.eth' as the largest voter (3,280,721 voting power), a quorum of 1,000,000, and the vote ending 2:35 am Jul 06, 2026.
· 2026-06-30T12:44:13+00:00ENS is the best and most intelligent website, welcome everyone
AI visual analysis: A dark-themed marketplace interface titled 'Browse ENS by category' showing 247 categories and 319.1K names, featuring a 'Numbers' category with 29 collections.
· 2026-06-30T12:45:28+00:00last year, I was looking into relitigating Brantly's cancellation to see if those who woke mobbed him then would still stand by their decision to cancel him and if not, to restore his ENS tokens I personally regret not seeing that effort through sorry Brantly, sorry ENS DAO
AI visual analysis: A transcript of a meeting/conversation between Guy, Brantly, Farokh, and Nicole, discussing voting, DAO, hurtful tweets from 2016, and inclusivity.
· 2026-06-30T23:03:52+00:00At this point, @riolu_eth probably knows more lore about pokemon than 90% of us out there. 3 and a half years of daily original pokemon meme content. Say what you will about @ensdomains , this man is the hero we need
· 2026-06-30T14:24:38+00:00ENS is a hollowed-out product. Despite its original vision, it ended up following the same rental model as Web2 domains. Imagine having to renew your username every single year. InfinityName.com was created as a response to exactly that.
· 2026-06-30T11:47:59+00:00As previously stated in the forum, @nicksdjohnson has single handedly shut down the proposal for a security council renewal and update, while stating support for a new proposal by @katherinewu on the forum. Founder and COO of ENS Labs, both of them are members of the current
![A Snapshot governance vote page showing '[6.48][Executable] Renewal of the Security Council (Term 2)' currently voting 14.0% For, 85.9% Against, with top voters including nick.eth, liubenben.eth, and ens.184.eth.](https://api.cryptitalk.com/reddit-image/16d5dd71a390034a060e3ee6a5a827d0b33491409d7fc1adb2629df3bb4d9c82.jpg)
AI visual analysis: A Snapshot governance vote page showing '[6.48][Executable] Renewal of the Security Council (Term 2)' currently voting 14.0% For, 85.9% Against, with top voters including nick.eth, liubenben.eth, and ens.184.eth.
· 2026-06-30T16:30:20+00:00Thousands of .eth names for sale, one marketplace — browse listings with live floors. #ENS ens.tools/trade/list
AI visual analysis: Promotional graphic for ENS Marketplace on ens.tools with a pink-to-purple gradient, advertising 'Thousands of .eth names, one marketplace' with a 'TRADE' button.
· 2026-06-30T16:08:56+00:00ENS is NOT censorship resistant. Because a single entity now controls all the levers of the protocol and can do a lot of things such as can be seen here:
AI visual analysis: A tweet by Lefteris Karapetsas (@LefterisJP) criticizing Ethereum Name Service (ENS) governance and proxy dependencies, with 324 views, posted June 25, 2026.
· 2026-06-30T23:55:01+00:00I respect ENS, but I think it's undergoing a constitutional crisis, it makes me sad
· 2026-06-30T12:01:43+00:00The .eth you want is taken? Describe a vibe instead — AI Search turns “three letter animals” into available names. #ENS ens.tools/find/search
· 2026-06-30T16:08:56+00:00ENS is still open source. Yay
· 2026-06-30T15:35:48+00:00That proposal entitled *the DAO* to receive revenue from ENS registrations. Not *tokenholders*.
· 2026-06-30T21:00:46+00:00Hold more than one .eth? Editing records one by one is a time tax. Bulk-edit — free. #ENS ens.tools/manage/bulk-ed …
· 2026-06-30T11:34:14+00:00actually yes. Brantly also was stripped of more than 60% of his tokens which would have given him more to counter this power grab by Nick. ENS started going downhill when @BrantlyMillegan was canceled.
· 2026-06-30T16:18:18+00:00as long as @ethereum exists, @ensdomains will continue to work. 9 years, zero downtime
· 2026-06-30T15:04:02+00:00The upgradeable proxy exists for the v2 launch, to ensure that everyone can switch over to v2 at the same time and avoid resolution issues during the transition. Afterwards, ownership will be revoked. Anyone unhappy with that can point directly at the concrete implementations
· 2026-06-30T18:38:01+00:00I'm sorry to tell you, ENS Labs is a nonprofit Company Limited by Guarantee, doesn't have shareholders or stocks and can't pay dividends.
· 2026-06-30T16:24:43+00:00> What am I missing here? The ENS constitution, which prohibits using DAO funds to pay dividends to token holders.
· 2026-06-30T11:51:18+00:00FWIW, I have no plans to vote on the selection of new SC members.
· 2026-06-30T17:13:38+00:00ENS is a hollowed-out product. Despite its original vision, it ended up following the same rental model as Web2 domains. Imagine having to renew your username every single year.