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| === Abstract === | === Abstract === | ||
| - | : //This EIP specifies a TLD, registrar, and resolver interface for reverse resolution of Ethereum addresses using ENS. This permits associating a human-readable name with any Ethereum blockchain address. Resolvers can be certain that the reverse record was published by the owner of the Ethereum address in question.// | + | : //This EIP specifies a TLD, registrar, and resolver [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:i:interface|interface]] for reverse resolution of Ethereum addresses using ENS. This permits associating a human-readable name with any Ethereum [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:b:blockchain|blockchain]] address. Resolvers can be certain that the reverse record was published by the owner of the Ethereum address in question.// |
| === Motivation === | === Motivation === | ||
| : //While name services are mostly used for forward resolution - going from human-readable identifiers to machine-readable ones - there are many use-cases in which reverse resolution is useful as well:// | : //While name services are mostly used for forward resolution - going from human-readable identifiers to machine-readable ones - there are many use-cases in which reverse resolution is useful as well:// | ||
| ://1. Applications that allow users to monitor accounts benefit from showing the name of an account instead of its address, even if it was originally added by address.// | ://1. Applications that allow users to monitor accounts benefit from showing the name of an account instead of its address, even if it was originally added by address.// | ||
| - | ://2. Attaching metadata such as descriptive information to an address allows retrieving this information regardless of how the address was originally discovered.// | + | ://2. Attaching [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:m:metadata|metadata]] such as descriptive information to an address allows retrieving this information regardless of how the address was originally discovered.// |
| - | ://3. Anyone can configure a name to resolve to an address, regardless of ownership of that address. Reverse records allow the owner of an address to claim a name as authoritative for that address.// | + | ://3. Anyone can configure a name to resolve to an address, regardless of ownership of that address. Reverse records allow the owner of an address to [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:c:claim|claim]] a name as authoritative for that address.// |
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