.Art put out a press release announcing a new feature to bridge the gap between Web 2 and Web3. .ART is the first domain registry to offer this innovative matching domain capability across both ENS and DNS, making .ART domains more powerful and useful than any other blockchain capable domains.
From the release:
New Feature Creates Future-proof and Collision-Proof Domains for the Expanding Digital Ecosystem
With .ART’s matching ENS and DNS domains, users can enjoy the best of both worlds: a single name that works across both Web2 and Web3 platforms.
For example, if you own yourname.art as a DNS domain, you can also register yourname.art as an ENS domain pointing to any digital asset on the Ethereum blockchain (just like a .ETH domain). The same name can also be used as a web address in any web browser pointing to a website, and also as an email address (something a .ETH domain cannot do). This makes .ART domains truly future-proof and versatile.
.ART is also collision-proof: only the owner of a DNS .ART domain can register the matching ENS .ART domain. Similarly, if an ENS .ART domain is registered for an available DNS .ART domain, only the person who owns the ENS .ART domain can use the DNS .ART domain. This ensures that there can be no confusion or conflict between different owners of similar names.
You can view the whole press release here.
What happens to the ENS name when the DNS domain expires?
I will ask Jeff Sass James, thanks for the question.
Hi James, the Registrant of the DNS domain is always the one that can control the ENS name. So if the DNS name expires, the new registrant of the DNS name can change the ENS name to point to their Web3 destination. The person who let the DNS Name expire will lose the ENS name.
Well Jeff what if I want to register a DOT art domain name right now but the dot eth has already been registered are you telling me I can’t register that name in dot art?
Hi Lawrence, it is not the .ETH domain we’re talking about, it is the .ART ENS name that can function like a .ETH domain and at the same time the same name functions as a regular DNS domain. Right now the registrant of a .ART DNS name can register their matching ENS .ART name. Both names end with the .ART extension, so YOURNAME.ART would work in Web2 and Web3. Thanks.
The easy self-answer is to visit GET.ART, type in the .ART name of interest (eg: Lawrence.ART) and see if it’s available. In this example, Lawrence.ART is available for $910+VAT. You could use the current promotional code “GOENS” to save 50% on the RRP.
.ETH and .ART are totally different entities / space other than existing on ENS, little different to .COM vs .NET vs .CO.UK. Just because a name may be register in .COM doesn’t mean it’s registered on .CO.UK and that’s exactly the same as .ART v .ETH. Hope that helps.
The two are intrinsically locked together if existing in both spaces. The exception being .art web3 emojis that cannot resolve in DNS and explicitly a mutually exclusive identity. Ultimately, in the near future, (.ART) domain names can be resold as NFTs which means holding a matching token for the traditional web 2 domain name. You cannot and should not have different (unrelated) owners of identical web 2 and web 3 space names, therefore ENS has to expire. @IvanKraft (Head of Protocol.ART) should be able to confirm this.