{"id":1250,"date":"2021-12-25T04:18:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T04:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/i\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T06:10:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T11:10:32","slug":"how-why-to-buy-a-web3-username-with-ens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/how-why-to-buy-a-web3-username-with-ens\/","title":{"rendered":"How &#038; Why to Buy a Web3 Username with $ENS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Everyone on Twitter is changing their usernames to username.eth. So, after a while, I started to wonder if I should claim my name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>web3 is all the buzz! So, I bought my web3 username via $ENS (<a href=\"https:\/\/ens.domains\/\">Ethereum Name Service<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The web3 username can host a website, store multiple wallet addresses, receive tokens, NFTS, or other cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a part of the new web that will become, and all the cool kids are jumping on the bandwagon even if it doesn&#8217;t. I always claim my username on new social networks even if I am not using it. I did it on TikTok and other apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"447\" data-src=\"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.46.25@2x-1024x447.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1467 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.46.25@2x-1024x447.png.webp 1024w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.46.25@2x-300x131.png.webp 300w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.46.25@2x-768x335.png.webp 768w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.46.25@2x-1536x670.png.webp 1536w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.46.25@2x-2048x894.png.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/447;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.46.25@2x-1024x447.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.46.25@2x-1024x447.png 1024w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.46.25@2x-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.46.25@2x-768x335.png 768w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.46.25@2x-1536x670.png 1536w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.46.25@2x-2048x894.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption> ENS Website for Web3 Names, Websites, More<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The process is pretty straightforward. It&#8217;s about four steps, including buying the Ethereum needed to fund the purchase. I used Coinbase via the Coinbase wallet to buy $119 in Ethereum. That is roughly .027 at the time of this post (Ethereum is hovering around $4,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next step is to open the app via the Coinbase wallet. Past the website URL into the Coinbase Wallet address (<a href=\"https:\/\/app.ens.domains\/\">https:\/\/app.ens.domains\/<\/a>). Next, you&#8217;ll connect the wallet you have to the $ENS service. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From there, its all straightforward. You will select the name you want and start the registering process. It&#8217;s outlined in this screenshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"395\" data-src=\"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.47.27@2x-1024x395.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1468 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.47.27@2x-1024x395.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.47.27@2x-300x116.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.47.27@2x-768x296.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.47.27@2x-1536x592.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.47.27@2x-2048x789.jpg.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/395;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.47.27@2x-1024x395.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.47.27@2x-1024x395.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.47.27@2x-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.47.27@2x-768x296.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.47.27@2x-1536x592.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CleanShot-2022-03-17-at-23.47.27@2x-2048x789.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Process for registering a name via $ENS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ethereum Name cost $27.20 for 5 years (0.0068 ETH). The bulk of the cost was miner fees. The miner fee on the name was $51.27 (0.0126 ETH). There was another miner fee to check if the name was available, which was $10.08 (0.00249 ETH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now, I don&#8217;t have a use for the name. I bought leonhitchens.eth. I plan on purchasing my children&#8217;s names on the $ENS blockchain, ensuring they have their names. My thinking is the same with buying their domain name. Saving their username when the future comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you bought your ETH web3 name yet? If anyone needs any help, please tweet me <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leonhitchens\">@leonhitchens<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone on Twitter is changing their usernames to username.eth. So, after a while, I started to wonder if I should claim my name. web3 is all the buzz! So, I bought my web3 username via $ENS (Ethereum Name Service). The web3 username can host a website, store multiple wallet addresses, receive tokens, NFTS, or other&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Personal Post"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-1622102699291-b881675c58fc-1024x681.jpg",1024,681,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Leon Hitchens","author_link":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/author\/leonleonhitchens-com\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Personal Post","slug":"personal-post","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":77,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":77,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Personal Post","category_nicename":"personal-post","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-1622102699291-b881675c58fc.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1657,"href":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions\/1657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}