Sui Name Service (SuiNS), the leading naming service on Sui, enhances onchain interactions by replacing complex wallet addresses with user-friendly, memorable names. Through its previous two years, the service has undergone refinements and improvements to better serve its mission of creating easy, human-readable identities.
Drawing on its common usage in social media, SuiNS takes it a step further and by incorporating the ‘@’ symbol, making Web3 identities even more intuitive. Users familiar with tagging friends on social platforms will find SuiNS’s @name format familiar, facilitating easier transfers.
SuiNS extends its utility with the introduction of subnames, enabling the creation of even more unique identities. This feature is especially beneficial for companies, DAOs, and other organizations seeking to create vanity names or usernames that clearly and efficiently represent their presence on the blockchain.
Now SuiNS is about to take another huge step with community governance. Ensuring that the community takes the helm of decision making is crucial for a naming service to become a true public good. As SuiNS embraces a decentralized model, it's an ideal moment to reflect on its journey and look at what lies ahead.
SuiNS milestones
September 2022: SuiNS FoundedSuiNS was established, setting the foundation for a user-friendly naming service tailored for the Sui blockchain, with a focus on simplifying onchain interactions.
October 2022: SuiNS Live on TestnetThe first iteration of the SuiNS website launched, allowing early users to explore and interact with the service on Sui Testnet. This moment allowed the community to begin providing essential feedback and played an active role in shaping its development.
December 2022: SuiNS Mobile Site LaunchedSuiNS developed a mobile site enabling users to manage their names conveniently on the go.
January 2023: Surpassing 100,000 FollowersSuiNS attracted more than 100,000 followers on Twitter and Discord, highlighting its growing influence within the Sui community.
January 2023: SuiNS and Frens AMAs Reach 3,000 Audience MembersThe “SuiNS and Frens” AMAs attracted over 3,000 participants, fostering deeper community engagement and interest.
February 2023: 300,000 Unique Wallet InteractionsSuiNS introduced Sui.id, enabling users to bridge their Web3 persona to Web2 devices, which contributed to surpassing 300,000 unique wallet interactions on the platform.
May 2023: SuiNS Goes Live on MainnetSuiNS made its official debut on Sui Mainnet, featuring an auction system that allowed all users to have a fair chance at acquiring their preferred names.
June 2023: 3,000 Live Auctions AchievedWithin a month of the Mainnet launch, SuiNS conducted over 3,000 live auctions, demonstrating strong demand for the name service.
July 2023: Integration with Over 20 PartnersSuiNS was integrated by more than 20 partners and is an integral part of the Sui explorers, enhancing its utility across the Sui network.
October 2023: Full Discount and Couponing Mechanism BuiltSuiNS introduced a discount and couponing system, allowing users opportunities to acquire SuiNS names at discounted rates.
March 2024: Integration into DeFi Apps and LeaderboardsSuiNS began integrating with DeFi apps and leaderboards so that users could easily identify which account they are using on an app and recognize each other on leaderboards.
June 2024: SuiNS Refresh and New FeaturesSuiNS refresh introduced a suite of new features, including subnames and a new @ naming standard, complemented by a freshly redesigned website and user experience.
August 2024: Transition to Decentralization AnnouncedSuiNS announced its transition to a decentralized model, ushering in a new era of development and empowering the community to have a direct impact on its future direction.
Every milestone in the SuiNS timeline has brought SuiNS a step closer to its goals of removing friction and enabling powerful identity management solutions. As SuiNS embraces the next stage of its evolution, the focus now shifts to empowering the community in shaping the future of SuiNS. Together, the community will steer SuiNS towards achieving new goals in this next chapter.
Future vision and goals
The next significant milestone for SuiNS is the launch of the $NS token, a crucial element in the governance of the SuiNS platform. NS token holders will have the ability to directly influence decisions that shape the future of SuiNS, ensuring that its development is driven by those who use and value it the most.
The community will have the power to vote on new features that enhance the platform’s usability and customization options. Among the many initiatives that the community may dream up, there are some obvious natural next steps:
The ability to register shorter names (one to two characters) or use emojis in a SuiNS name
Introduce static USD pricing for name registrations
Introduce an NFT avatar generator that allows users to create custom profile pictures for their SuiNS names
Increased homepage functionality including dynamic trade-aware widgets and name lookup search
Auctioning system for existing names
Referral system
SuiNS subnames widget
SuiNS fiat on-ramp and payments in tokens other than SUI
Linktree style functionality for SuiNS
These potential updates will be shaped by community input, ensuring that SuiNS evolves in alignment with user needs.
In a move toward greater transparency and collaboration, the SuiNS front-end codebase will become open source. Developers from around the world will be able to contribute, driving continual innovation and improvement to the platform.
The road ahead
Looking ahead, the vision of SuiNS is clear: to harness the power of its community to continually redefine the standards of onchain identity management, ensuring it remains easy, secure, and user-centric. With the introduction of the $NS token and commitment from the community to ongoing enhancement, SuiNS is poised to not only maintain its importance with the Sui ecosystem, but also play a pivotal role in growing the Sui community.
As SuiNS transitions into a decentralized governance model, it emphasizes the important role that each community member plays in providing their valuable feedback and opinions to shape the development of the protocol. If you haven’t already, join the community, use SuiNS, and help shape the future of onchain identity.
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