{"license":"CC-BY-4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"ChainChoice (https://chainchoice.io)","category":"naming_services","evidenceReadAt":"2026-11-03","generatedAt":"2026-11-12","criteria":[{"id":"ownershipDurability","label":"Whether you can lose the name","weight":40},{"id":"registryDecentralisation","label":"Onchain registry or company namespace","weight":25},{"id":"resolutionReach","label":"Does your wallet resolve it without a plugin","weight":25},{"id":"costTransparency","label":"Published price and renewal terms","weight":10}],"providers":{"ens_naming":{"ownershipDurability":{"s":7,"q":"ENS cannot forcibly transfer a name. Only the wallet that holds a .eth name can transfer it, and on ENSv2 that wallet must also have the Can Transfer role on the name.","u":"https://support.ens.domains/en/articles/17648592-can-a-name-be-taken-back-or-reassigned","d":"2026-11-03"},"registryDecentralisation":{"s":9,"q":"The ETH Registrar uses OpenZeppelin Ownable for its own governance. The owner can call setRentPriceOracle() to replace the pricing oracle. | Pricing parameters (base rates and discount tiers) are immutable per oracle deployment.","u":"https://docs.ens.domains/ensv2/eth-registrar","d":"2026-11-03"},"resolutionReach":{"s":10,"q":"Basenames are built on the decentralized, open source ENS protocol","u":"https://www.base.org/names","d":"2026-11-03"},"costTransparency":{"s":9,"q":"A .eth name costs from $8 a year, plus the network fee (gas). Add two or more years at once and every year costs less, up to about 44% off. | You pay the price in USDC from your wallet, on Ethereum.","u":"https://support.ens.domains/en/articles/15180000-pricing-fees-and-multi-year-discounts","d":"2026-11-03"}},"sns_naming":{"ownershipDurability":{"s":5,"q":"There are no renewal fees today. That may change if .sol becomes an ICANN top-level domain, and we would share details in advance.","u":"https://www.sns.id/blog/migration-faq","d":"2026-11-03"},"registryDecentralisation":{"s":5,"q":"The current registry is built on SPL Name Service, a shared public program that supports many applications beyond SNS and thus cannot be modified to meet the specific requirements of the next generation of .sol domains.","u":"https://www.sns.id/blog/migration-faq","d":"2026-11-03"},"resolutionReach":{"s":3,"q":"Until support is available, your app may show your previous .sol name instead of .sns, or fail to resolve a .sns domain. | .sol names no longer resolve, so please use yourname.sns to send and receive funds.","u":"https://www.sns.id/blog/migration-faq","d":"2026-11-03"},"costTransparency":{"s":5,"q":"There are no renewal fees today. That may change if .sol becomes an ICANN top-level domain, and we would share details in advance.","u":"https://www.sns.id/blog/migration-faq","d":"2026-11-03"}},"unstoppable_domains":{"ownershipDurability":{"s":4,"q":"when you buy and claim a Web3 domain from Unstoppable Domains, you own it forever - no renewal fees! | We reserve the right to suspend or terminate any user account, and to take down any domains associated with that account, without prior notice if we determine, in our sole discretion, that the…","u":"https://unstoppabledomains.com/terms","d":"2026-11-03"},"registryDecentralisation":{"s":3,"q":"The following Partner TLDs have confirmed they will not be pursuing ICANN participation and were eligible for refunds Feb 16th to March 2, 2026","u":"https://support.unstoppabledomains.com/support/solutions/articles/48001275818-tlds-not-going-to-icann-and-previously-valid-for-a-refund","d":"2026-11-03"},"resolutionReach":{"s":3,"q":"Web3 domains currently require special browser plugins or network configurations to work with websites in the DNS.","u":"https://unstoppabledomains.com/terms","d":"2026-11-03"},"costTransparency":{"s":3,"q":"when you buy and claim a Web3 domain from Unstoppable Domains, you own it forever - no renewal fees!","u":"https://unstoppabledomains.com/terms","d":"2026-11-03"}},"base_names":{"ownershipDurability":{"s":6,"q":"names registered on the registry maintained by Basenames may expire and you are responsible for monitoring and renewing the registration of such names.","u":"https://docs.base.org/terms-of-service","d":"2026-11-03"},"registryDecentralisation":{"s":4,"q":"A permissioned contract which manages registration payment | An off-chain gateway for serving CCIP requests required to comply with","u":"https://github.com/base/basenames","d":"2026-11-03"},"resolutionReach":{"s":7,"q":"These human-readable names can be used when connecting to onchain apps, and sending and receiving on Base and any other EVM chain.","u":"https://www.base.org/names","d":"2026-11-03"},"costTransparency":{"s":6,"q":"Annual registration fees are as follows:","u":"https://www.base.org/names","d":"2026-11-03"}},"space_id_naming":{"ownershipDurability":{"s":4,"q":"You can extend your domain registration anytime during the registration period and within 90 days after it expires, which is 90-day grace period. | After the grace period, the name will not be reserved and will be open to the public to register.","u":"https://docs.space.id/domain-and-payment-id/domain-tutorials/manage","d":"2026-11-03"},"registryDecentralisation":{"s":4,"q":"With the multi-chain oracle of SPACE ID and EIP712 signature distributor, users can register a BNB Domain Name with only one click.","u":"https://docs.space.id/overview/bnb-name-service","d":"2026-11-03"},"resolutionReach":{"s":3,"q":"It has integrated with over 100 leading projects and protocols, including BSCScan and Trust Wallet.","u":"https://docs.space.id/overview/bnb-name-service","d":"2026-11-03"},"costTransparency":{"s":4,"q":"5+ character domains - $5 USD worth in BNB per year","u":"https://community.space.id/.bnb-domain-owner-guide/how-to-register-a-.bnb-domain","d":"2026-11-03"}},"lens_usernames":{"ownershipDurability":{"s":4,"q":"Usernames are deployed as individual contracts, which are tokenized for tradable access.","u":"https://lens.xyz/docs/protocol/concepts/username","d":"2026-11-03"},"registryDecentralisation":{"s":4,"q":"App or group-specific namespaces that can govern issuance, monetization, and more by means of Username Rules","u":"https://lens.xyz/docs/protocol/usernames/custom-namespaces","d":"2026-11-03"},"resolutionReach":{"s":2,"q":"Use your Lens Account on any of these apps.","u":"https://lens.xyz/","d":"2026-11-03"},"costTransparency":{"s":4,"q":"create a free username (such as one in the lens/ Global Namespace) or a username within a Custom Namespace that may be token-gated or require fees","u":"https://lens.xyz/docs/protocol/accounts/create","d":"2026-11-03"}}}}