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This PoC indeed only returns a wallet address but this project was spawned by typing in `vitalik.eth` in my browser's address bar and expecting to end up on a w
by aerique 5y ago
This PoC indeed only returns a wallet address but this project was spawned by typing in `vitalik.eth` in my browser's address bar and expecting to end up on a website.
If you check https://app.ens.domains/name/vitalik.eth/details https://app.ens.domains/name/vitalik.eth/details
You see there's an `url` field as well so with a little extra work we could return the URL as a CNAME. Perhaps it would be better if the code would have returned that, but it is not a give that it has any contents.
This is part of the question of what an ENS name even means. A browser would be interested in the URL and a wallet client in a wallet address, etc.
My interest was in seeing how we can extend existing DNS infrastructure for accessing something new and similar.
edit: Having just read the ICANN article linked by rasengan this would at least fix the issue with end users having to customize their browser or DNS resolver.
(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29343007 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29343007)