Odaily Planet Daily report: ENS DAO has voted to approve the "Next Era of ENS DAO" proposal and completed on-chain execution, officially establishing the ENS Foundation to advance ENS into a new governance phase.
Under the proposal, the ENS Foundation will become a fully operational organization with a full-time executive director, a professional team, and a five-member board responsible for institutionalizing ENS’s work in legal, policy, standards development, and brand protection. ENS states that over the past nearly decade, ENS has evolved into a critical infrastructure within the Ethereum ecosystem, with millions of registered domains integrated into numerous wallets, applications, and Layer 2 networks. However, the DAO itself lacks legal entity status, preventing it from effectively participating in internet naming system governance, signing institutional agreements, hiring full-time staff, protecting trademark rights, or engaging in regulatory discussions. The newly established ENS Foundation aims to fill this gap. The foundation will subsequently be responsible for:
1. Represent ENS in internet standards organizations such as ICANN, IETF, and W3C to promote the recognition and management of the ".ens" top-level domain (TLD);
2. Participate in policy discussions as a legal entity and communicate with regulatory agencies and government departments;
3. Own and protect the ENS trademarks and intellectual property, and combat phishing and impersonation activities;
4. Hire full-time staff to manage ecosystem operations, grant programs, and fund management;
5. Become the official partner between traditional institutions such as registration agencies and standards organizations and the ENS ecosystem.