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ENS v2 Upgrade Complete: Largest Upgrade in History

1 reports1 sources11/2/2026 updated

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ENS completed its largest upgrade to date, deploying v2 directly on Ethereum mainnet rather than a layer-2 network. After abandoning the Namechain rollup nine months prior, the ENS v2 upgrade marks a significant shift. Over the past year, several projects including Synthetix, Trueo, Blast, and Abstract have migrated back to Ethereum L1. This move is attributed to Ethereum L1 scaling, with block gas limits increasing from 30 million to 60 million, and ENS domain registration costs dropping 99% in the past year, exceeding expectations set two years prior.

Written with AI from the reporting · updated 11/2/2026

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ENS v2 launches on Ethereum L1, joins wave of projects migrating from Layer 2s
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  1. 1Unclassified fact stationOct 27, 00:00recorded Nov 2, 09:54single source

    ENS v2 部署在以太坊 L1 完成史上最大升级

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    ENS
    Action：
    部署升级
    Object：
    ENS v2 协议
    Occurred (fact side)：
    Oct 27, 00:00
    PANews · Articles ↗Report pageOriginal / first version
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    Nov 2, 08:20
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    Nov 2, 09:54
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  1. PANews · ArticlesRelated fact: single source
    ENS v2 launches on Ethereum L1, joins wave of projects migrating from Layer 2s

    Report first recorded Nov 2, 09:54

    Ethereum Name Service (ENS) v2 launched directly on Ethereum mainnet on October 27, abandoning its planned Rollup network Namechain. This move reflects a broader trend: over the past year, projects including Synthetix, Trueo, Blast, and Abstract have migrated or announced plans to migrate back to Ethereum L1. The shift is driven by Ethereum's block gas limit increase from 30 million to 60 million in 2025, which significantly lowered L1 transaction fees, and the high cost of maintaining independent chains. ENS v2 retains core ownership and settlement on L1 while moving computationally intensive domain resolution to L2 or off-chain via CCIP-Read, separating state storage from execution.

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