The Ethereum name service is an amazing project that allows you to purchase and set up a human-readable .eth address for people to send various cryptocurrencies to. ENS will handle all the transactions, all you need is one address and today I’m goin…
The Ethereum name service is an amazing project that allows you to purchase and set up a human-readable .eth address for people to send various cryptocurrencies to. ENS will handle all the transactions, all you need is one address and today I’m going to walk you through how and explain why you should.
First off let’s talk about why you might want to take advantage of this:
- It’s inexpensive
- You will turn a long 40+ character address into a human-readable name that is easy to remember and without having to copy and paste
- It prevents lost transactions from mistyped addresses (if you type “scottcbusi.eth” it will say this is incorrect unless someone else has bought it)
- It enables you to store other records like your email or URL
- It enables you to setup a decentralized website via .onion or IPFS
- They will continue adding more features and improvements
Note that some fixes for various issues are:
- Metamask not working and needing to use a different browser
- Ensuring you have a compatible Ethereum wallet like Metamask
- Navigating to app.ens.domains and not just ens.domains
- One very specific issue I had was that my resolver needed to be reset and thus it was preventing me from adding new coins which I found out by inspecting my browser and seeing the error in the console. I just followed the instructions and redid step 1-3 and it solved the problem
It may look somewhat confusing, but you just need to follow the three steps they have laid out for you at the top when you click on the dropdown for “Learn how to manage your name” and you’ll be good to go.
1. Set the resolver which is a smart contract for translating names into addresses. In the Resolver area click on ‘Set’. Then click the ‘use public resolver’ link, and ‘save’ to launch the transaction.
2. Set your address in records under the resolver address by clicking the ‘+’ in the ‘records’ field then adding your Ethereum address. This makes it so that when people type in your .ETH name, they will..
