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>ENS It’s hard to keep building for this protocol for free, advocating for it, and putting years into it when you can do everything you think is right and still end up wondering whether any of it really matters. Especially when part of what worked against us was wanting to do more around education, outreach, growth, and building more for YOU, the actual people using ENS. That’s the part I keep coming back to. Because that was always the point. Not just operating a marketplace. Not just watching volume. Actually helping people understand ENS, use it, build with it, and giving people more reasons to stay involved. ENS is still decentralized, for now. But decentralization on paper doesn’t automatically mean the ecosystem around it is healthy. Ask yourself why so many builders, contributors, teams, and longtime community members have quietly left over the years. That doesn’t happen for no reason. There are days where being this involved in ENS feels like a waste of time. Then I look at the people still here and remember why I keep going. You registering names. You using them. You building with them. You helping someone else understand what ENS can actually do. You using ENS and me using ENS is what keeps this thing moving. Protocols don’t survive because of committees, grants, or governance votes alone. They survive because people continue to care enough to use them and build around them. I appreciate everyone who has supported Vision, supported me, or simply kept showing up. One chapter is closing. I’m still here. Onward.

Hello Frens, ENS Vision was not selected for the Marketplace RFP grant, and unfortunately that means Vision will be shutting down. We finished as the second-highest scoring application. The committee recognized our operating history, the product we built, and the user base we’ve grown, but ultimately felt our forward-looking case leaned too heavily on market recovery, marketing/education, and volume figures they couldn’t independently verify. Obviously, being part of the Vision team, this one hurts. We’ve spent years building something that people actually use across ENS, through good markets and bad ones, and I’m incredibly proud of what the team created. I understand there was a process and a scoring rubric behind the decision, but it’s still difficult watching a proven, operating ENS product reach the end of the road because we couldn’t secure the funding needed to keep it going. Nomemtum Labs, operating Grails, was recommended for the $500K award. Not the outcome any of us wanted, but I’m grateful for everyone who used Vision, supported us, gave feedback, shared it, or helped us build along the way. It’s been a hell of a ride.

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