Hi Steemit friends!
Thanks for following- words can't express how much the recent outpouring of support has meant for me.
Today, I setup the ENS address icemancom.eth that I had won recently for a scant 0.01 ETH to resolve to my ethereum wallet address! I decided to write this blog entry to encourage my friends here at Steemit to set theirs up too.
Wut?
Having ENS configured is handy because, as we all know, many typical crypto addresses are quite long and are generally mostly a string of random characters. For at least the next two years, I've got icemancom.eth on lock-down. It works just like a DNS and redirects any would-be ethereum sender who uses it in the address field of their ethereum transaction directly into my configured ether vault. Easier to remember, share and use overall and I think can be a terrific value. I'm going to see if I can lock up a few more cool addresses while the getting is good, and I suggest you all do the same if you are into ethereum too.
The easiest way I've found to browse and secure ENS addresses is to first download and install Mist, the ethereum browser. There is also the ethereum wallet located at the following link, but if you are using Mist, you can create and access wallets inside the Mist browser so the wallet is redundant, but useful if you want to open the browser and wallet separately. They can work together or independent from one another.
https://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases
The address to search the ENS registrar is
You can type that registrar address into the address field of the Mist browser to get cracking on finding your perfect ENS address. Even if you don't bid on certain addresses it can be interesting to watch the prices. It's staggering how much ETH some people are willing to spend on these addresses, some in the thousands (!). I find it difficult to believe that it will ever be worth it to have any address for thousands of ETH, but it ultimately depends on how much you and others value the address. Maybe they are hoping that certain addresses attract donations or that people mistakenly send them ethereum? Who knows, but until next time, Happy hunting!
