$ENS Catalyst Posts
July 04, 2026Single-day social intelligence recap and verified catalyst posts · ← Back to $ENS Profile · Market Rankings
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47 source posts analyzed· 2026-07-04T02:42:52+00:00so even fucking ENS is dead now. jesus christ
· 2026-07-04T18:43:29+00:00Real ones remember when Brantly, a devout Catholic, was kicked out of ENS because the angry woke mob dug up some ancient posts where he expressed displeasure towards homosexuality and transgenderism. He was subsequently rugged for what was a multi-million dollar token allocation.
· 2026-07-04T10:18:17+00:00In order to understand what this means you need to know that Brantly was the main reason ENS got so popular back in 2021-2022. The same people who are now stealing the $500m canceled him and fired him even after all he did for ENS. Yet he did the unthinkable and kept working on
AI visual analysis: Revenue dashboard showing Protocol Revenue of $7.3M with a bar chart tracking Registration ($89M), Renewals ($34.4M), and Premium ($5.2M) streams; a red annotation reads 'Brantly gets fired' pointing from the 2022 peak to a declining trend through 2026.
· 2026-07-04T03:32:11+00:00. @nicksdjohnson says his belief that token governance can work is 'weaker than it was.' On Uneasy Money, he tells @kain and @tayvano_ why he still isn't ready to give up on the ENS DAO. Timestamps: 02:14 Kain unpacks whether Nick really controls the ENS Security
· 2026-07-04T10:22:44+00:00In the last 3 months, we have seen the two biggest DAOs literally just die -- The Aave and ENS stories just proved that, people in web3 are no different than any other industry: no matter what they claim to believe, people corrupt. As a builder, this should be a warning: there
· 2026-07-04T04:31:05+00:00ens really threw away all that momentum over some woke sht
· 2026-07-04T00:14:03+00:00And just like that, ENS needs to be declared dead. Great tech wasted beyond repair. Thanks for your contributions to the glory days of ENS.
· 2026-07-04T07:01:50+00:00When Brantly was cancelled over 4 years ago, anyone else in his shoes would have stopped working on ENS on the spot. Instead he decided to continue to work on improving ENS and he continued to make a huge impact on ENS and the Ethereum ecosystem. If that situation was not
· 2026-07-04T14:44:15+00:00. @tayvano_ makes a case that applies far beyond ENS: if a protocol fails, the DAO is never really what’s held accountable. The founder is. Worth hearing her full argument on Uneasy Money.
· 2026-07-04T05:06:19+00:00Namestone.com will shut down effective August 3, 2026. We pioneered API driven gasless subname issuance. We manage over 9 million subnames, more than any other API platform.
· 2026-07-04T13:05:33+00:00Four years building ENS infrastructure. No ens funding. No drama. Just shipping. We've watched projects launch, raise, and sunset. Competitors come and go. Market narratives shift every cycle. Vision is still here. The search engine indexes millions of names. The leaderboard
AI visual analysis: The image features the Envision logo (a yellow and orange stylized "V") alongside text reading "Four years. No funding. No drama. Just shipping. We didn't build for a cycle. We built for the protocol" with the URL envision.com, which visually reinforces the accompanying post's message about four years of sustained ENS infrastructure development without outside funding.
· 2026-07-04T12:19:32+00:00I met @BrantlyMillegan a few years ago at some crypto conference. This was already after he’d been publicly canceled, yet he was there promoting ENS and talking to anyone willing to chat about setting up ENS domains and all the cool things you could do with them. It’s a big loss
· 2026-07-04T09:12:07+00:00I was early to whole, "maybe we shouldn't put all the eggs into the ENS basket for onchain names forever". Was told was pretty nuts to do WNS (.wei) "when there is already just ENS." ENS and .eth are important fixtures. But cool thing about Ethereum is you can just do things.
· 2026-07-04T05:03:16+00:00ENS is in shambles. What the fuck are they doing over there.
· 2026-07-04T05:11:55+00:00The guy who had apex.eth wouldn't sell it to me, so i always wanted a .eth so I bought apex777.eth Now ens is trying to kill itself, everyone has removed their .eths im back to just apex. rip ens squatters.
· 2026-07-04T15:04:50+00:00someone should look up all the ENS DAO/Labs backed projects that ultimately failed or went to shit from what i can remember: -marketing? lack of it? -ensfairy
· 2026-07-04T17:29:32+00:00If you still hold ENS tokens there you have it. Your tokens are worthless as there is nothing for them left to do.
· 2026-07-04T16:43:43+00:00There will be more Ai agents using ENS than Humans.
· 2026-07-04T10:05:00+00:00rank tuy hạ nhưng % contri vẫn tăng đều dù không nói nhiều về dự án @NucleusCodes . hoàn toàn trái ngược với Canopy . Vậy chắc con bot nó đi chơi quên mất ngày về rồi phải ko ACE . chứ đăng hoài mà % nó ko lên hoặc xuống . quá chán cho phần kiểm duyệt này .
AI visual analysis: Contributions Leaderboard screen for Neutron showing ranks from June 23, 2026 to August 13, 2026, with user 'Thaolarry base.eth' ranked #331 at 0.070%, and top contributors including 'Pretty Mira' at 2.480%, 'Lynn' at 1.730%, and 'Cryptking.eth' at 1.330%.
· 2026-07-04T14:02:36+00:00DAO shenanigans and politics aside, ENS is still very useful for human-readable wallet addresses and I will continue to use mine
AI visual analysis: A vintage illustration depicting a tall, thin man in a plaid shirt and tan jacket standing among a crowd of older men, with one holding papers marked 'AMBASSADOR'.
· 2026-07-04T02:34:29+00:00REGISTERED: kpi.eth For: $307.43 (0.18 ETH) Minter: smilefox.eth Last Sale: 0.30 ETH, 4 Mar 2025 Category: Tech Industry grails.app/kpi.eth
AI visual analysis: A digital card showing a registered ENS domain 'kpi.eth' minted by smilefox.eth for $307 or 0.18 ETH.
· 2026-07-04T20:31:58+00:00I was lucky to met mely.eth at @ethisnetwork yesterday and to discuss recent events around ENS. I learned a lot. Shout out to @mely_jpg for communicating super clearly, professionally and clear-headedly.
· 2026-07-04T12:54:44+00:00Listed diamond.eth for 20 ETH. After the purchase, I’ll transfer all ENS domains from these three portfolios, except aiapi.eth, which is actively in use. If ENS ever makes a real comeback, this could look like an insane bargain. Big opportunity here grails.app/profile/0x6945 …
· 2026-07-04T13:32:37+00:00I'll take a refund for all the money and time I put into ENS when it was still a public good $500m should cover it
· 2026-07-04T08:57:56+00:00People come and go. The protocol remains. ENS was built on mathematics, not on personalities. During the formative years of decentralised identity, @BrantlyMillegan was an essential contributor. He played a key role in shaping the original constitution of ENS and created public
· 2026-07-04T18:27:22+00:00There is no way in hell that crypto is the future of finance if users have to keep using a 40+ character address and copy/pasta to send money. No fucking way! ENS
· 2026-07-04T22:05:30+00:00SOLD: pacman.eth For: $270.46 (0.15 ETH) Buyer: metroid.eth Seller: epoch.attesting.eth @diamond__eth grails.app/pacman.eth
AI visual analysis: An NFT marketplace sale notification showing pacman.eth was SOLD for $270 (0.15 ETH), with buyer metroid.eth and seller epoch.attesting.eth.
· 2026-07-04T00:34:01+00:00ENS Labs Operations Director Brantly Millegan Announces Departure Brantly stated that, due to recent events and other reasons, he has decided to leave ENS and will gradually shut down ethid.org. Team members are currently open to new job opportunities. For projects
· 2026-07-04T21:05:59+00:00It’s strange to think one month ago @BrantlyMillegan endorsed ENS It’s impossible now to think an immediate reconciliation between brantly.eth and nick.eth but I truly hope NEVER SAY NEVER For our community, this technology, we deserve a better scenario
AI visual analysis: A tweet from brantly argues that ENS and .eth are 'one of most lindy things in crypto,' highlighting ENS's longevity since 2017 and adoption by major platforms like GoDaddy, Google, and Venmo.
· 2026-07-04T20:04:49+00:00They made the rules that allow you to squat and then call you a cybersquatter. Explain this. $ENS
· 2026-07-04T10:48:15+00:00It's the best bet to take, probably alongside with $LINK and $ENS .
· 2026-07-04T20:58:33+00:00Appreciate the ENS builders and believers even more today than yesterday. We all need identity
· 2026-07-04T07:05:21.675409+00:00Brantly Millegan Leaves ENS And Winds Down ethid.org Brantly Millegan said he is moving on from the Ethereum Name Service ecosystem and winding down ethid.org. Millegan wrote that “the .eth comes off” and called the move the end of a chapter. H
· 2026-07-04T10:50:19+00:00People are complex and you can have multiple opinions. Such as promoting homophobia is wrong and so is stealing $500m and killing a community. Siding with Brantly on ENS does not mean that you approve of that one comment he made back in the day.
· 2026-07-04T23:49:23+00:00out of my 7 years in this space, I spent over 2 years busting my ass off to get the word out about ENS 2021 till 2024, since I was actually in love with the tech hit with the absolute ZERO support from the team for years and years until I finally gave up. So seeing many great
· 2026-07-04T00:09:25+00:00Whoa. Idk if people understand that Brantly is ride or die ENS.
· 2026-07-04T21:00:27+00:00AI agents need identities too. ENSIP-25 links an agent to a verifiable .eth name. #ENS #AIagents ens.tools/manage/primary
AI visual analysis: A promotional graphic with a dark purple background for 'ENSIP-25' by ens.tools reading 'Give your AI agent a verifiable .eth identity' with an 'AI-NATIVE' tag.
· 2026-07-04T19:04:13+00:00the ENS situation is crazy (it's playing out exactly as expected)
AI visual analysis: A meme featuring a mugshot of a man with the text: 'industrial society and it's consequences are low-key sus AF, on god. nature deadass slaps, the trees be bussin. technology is mid ho FR FR, no cap.' (mostlypeaceful.com)
· 2026-07-04T05:07:34+00:00We’re going to keep going
· 2026-07-04T01:30:38+00:00The best ENS names aren’t listed — they’re expiring. The Expiry Explorer surfaces them before anyone notices. #ENS ens.tools/find/expiry
· 2026-07-04T16:30:28+00:00Keep your names, keep more ETH. Bulk renewals = fewer transactions = less gas. #ENS ens.tools/blog/bulk-rene …
AI visual analysis: A pink and purple gradient advertisement for ens.tools' 'BULK RENEW' feature, with the headline 'Renew in bulk. Save gas.' and a description about batching renewals to reduce transaction costs.
· 2026-07-04T00:45:28+00:00have been a very big ENS supporter and believe it can be useful and help with crypto adoption but seeing various builders being let down by it time and time again doesn't make me too hopefulfor the future of ENS..
· 2026-07-04T19:26:12+00:00ENS is taking a battering, is it over? FUCK NO, the .eth stays on. Let's see what @eggybug42069 and @1985_ens are cooking up with @NameWhisper_AI ENS is unique, it's the premium and eventually only naming service. Stop grieving and start pumping you soggy gimps.
· 2026-07-04T22:06:04+00:00thanks for asking good questions!
· 2026-07-04T10:37:01+00:00Fork the protocol and the token. Let the market decide who represents ENS. Deploy ENS v2. and redirect 50% of registration fees to ENS token holders. What’s there to be lost really at this point?
AI visual analysis: Revenue dashboard showing Protocol Revenue (actual) of $7.3M and Annual run rate (projected) of $5.2M/year, down 27% vs prior 3 months, with a bar chart titled 'All Time Revenue by Stream' annotated with 'Brantly gets fired' pointing to declining revenue in 2025-2026.
· 2026-07-04T00:51:56+00:00So dirty. This is a very sad end to the ENS- Brantly saga.
· 2026-07-04T12:18:49+00:00The amount of money anyone could steal from the ENS DAO is much closer to $50m than $500m.