Taiko's tech stack has been officially adopted by ENS to build a ZK Rollup scaling solution for Namechain on the Ethereum mainnet
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Taiko's tech stack has been officially adopted by ENS to build a ZK Rollup scaling solution for Namechain on the Ethereum mainnet
Namechain will leverage Taiko's pioneering pre-confirmation technology deployed on the mainnet to reduce state updates from "hour-level" to "second-level," addressing the key performance bottleneck that ENS has faced for years with CCIP-Read.
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ENS, the most widely used domain protocol in the Ethereum ecosystem, has officially selected the Taiko tech stack as the foundational infrastructure for its dedicated decentralized naming service ZK Rollup scaling solution, Namechain.
Namechain will be deployed as a based rollup chain using the Surge framework developed by Nethermind, which itself is built on Taiko technology. This means one of Ethereum's most critical infrastructure protocols will directly adopt an architecture first proposed and already proven in production by Taiko.
Why does this matter?
ENS underpins the entire Ethereum ecosystem’s human-readable address system. By choosing from day one a based architecture relying on Ethereum mainnet sequencers, it casts a significant vote of confidence in what Taiko has been advocating: based rollups can operate stably in production environments and represent the next phase of Ethereum-aligned scaling.
Thanks to Taiko’s technology, ENS does not need to go through an intermediate “gradual decentralization” process—Namechain will launch as a fully mainnet-sequenced based rollup from day one.
Speaking with data, not just ideas
Taiko isn't merely discussing based sequencing in theory—it's already live and running. Since its mainnet launch in May 2024:
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Over 50 million transactions processed, with zero downtime
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Sub-second pre-confirmations are operational in production, not just described in whitepapers
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Ethereum validators efficiently and reliably perform transaction bundling and sequencing on Layer 2
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High-scale performance achieved while preserving decentralization
As ENS Labs wrote when deciding to move Namechain to Surge: "We have a rare opportunity to skip unnecessary steps in the 'gradual decentralization' path." They recognized they could build a based rollup using Surge and launch with maximum decentralization from the start. ENS didn’t just choose production-proven infrastructure—it chose infrastructure that aligns deeply with its core mission.
Practical value delivered by the Taiko Stack
By building on Taiko technology through Nethermind’s Surge framework, Namechain inherits:
Infrastructure-level benefits:
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Native Ethereum sequencing, with no centralized operator
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Launches as a Stage 1 rollup, with a clear and credible path to Stage 2
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Production-tested tech stack, equivalent to Taiko’s mainnet
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Fully open-source, trust-minimized, and controlled by no single entity
Technical breakthroughs
ENS requires near-instant name resolution across chains, backed by strong cryptographic security. Traditional Layer 2 architectures often force projects to choose between “decentralization” and “user experience,” but based rollups break this trade-off.
Namechain will leverage Taiko’s pioneering pre-confirmation technology—already live on mainnet—to reduce state updates from “hour-level” to “second-level,” resolving a long-standing performance bottleneck ENS has faced with CCIP-Read. Combined with TEE-supported proof systems and based sequencing, Namechain delivers institutional-grade performance and stability from day one—without sacrificing decentralization.
This is possible because Taiko was the first team to actually run pre-confirmation technology live on-chain.
What changes will this bring?
If a core protocol like ENS—one with extremely high reliability requirements and deep alignment with Ethereum’s values—chooses this tech stack, then other applications can confidently follow. Namechain sets a new benchmark for building without compromising decentralization.
This deployment also proves that based rollups aren’t just theoretically superior—they are the practical choice made by teams building real Ethereum infrastructure.
For teams evaluating rollup solutions, Namechain offers a concrete reference implementation. For the broader ecosystem, it demonstrates that the based rollup narrative is no longer a vision—it’s a reality that’s already working.
Next steps
As Namechain progresses from internal testing toward a public testnet (expected Q2 2026) and eventual mainnet launch, it will further validate what Taiko has already shown: scaling Ethereum does not require compromising on decentralization.
In this collaboration:
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Nethermind handles infrastructure operations and the Surge framework;
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Taiko provides the based sequencing technology and pre-confirmation protocol;
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ENS contributes product vision and deep expertise in naming protocols.
This partnership shows that mission-critical applications can be built on open, permissionless infrastructure—without being locked into any single centralized provider.
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