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  "title": "Registering an ENS name: why registration has separate steps",
  "description": "Follow the ENSv1 .eth commit-and-register process and distinguish registration fees, network gas and record configuration.",
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    "register eth name",
    "ENS registration commit reveal"
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  "dates": {
    "published": "2026-10-02",
    "modified": "2026-10-02",
    "verified": "2026-10-02T19:27:58.939Z",
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    "process": "AI-assisted research and drafting with a separate automated source-verification pass; no external expert or named human review is implied."
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  "quickAnswer": {
    "text": "In ENSv1’s .eth registrar, registration uses a commitment followed by a separate registration transaction after the required wait. The commitment hides the requested registration details to reduce front-running. Check availability, duration, the intended owner and the current quoted cost; registration rent and Ethereum transaction gas are separate costs. Other registrars or ENS versions can use different flows.",
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      "label": "Two steps",
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      "label": "Duration",
      "value": "Registration has an expiry rather than permanent ownership.",
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      "id": "commitment",
      "heading": "The first transaction does not complete registration",
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      "paragraphs": [
        "The commitment encodes the intended name, owner, duration and other registration parameters behind a hash and secret. The later register call reveals the matching details within the controller’s allowed commitment window.",
        "A confirmed commit is therefore progress, not a finished name purchase. Follow the current registrar flow rather than assuming one transaction is enough."
      ]
    },
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      "id": "example",
      "heading": "A two-year name needs both rent and execution fees",
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        "Suppose a registrar quotes rent for a two-year registration. The wallet must also budget gas for the required transactions. The rent is not the entire amount the account may spend, and a gas estimate is not a statement of the name’s annual rent.",
        "The owner address in the registration controls ownership. An address record can be set for payments, but naming a payment recipient does not automatically give that recipient registration ownership."
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      "paragraphs": [
        "After the registration transaction succeeds, inspect the registered owner and expiry, then check the records you intend to publish. Store renewal information with the name, because a successful registration does not make it perpetual.",
        "This explanation is scoped to the ENSv1 .eth controller documentation retrieved on 2 October 2026. A different registrar or ENSv2 workflow must be checked against its own rules."
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    {
      "question": "Can I stop after the commitment transaction?",
      "answer": "Stopping leaves the registration incomplete. The matching registration must be submitted within the controller’s permitted time window if you intend to obtain the name.",
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    {
      "question": "Can another person renew my .eth name?",
      "answer": "ENSv1’s controller allows anyone to pay for a renewal. Paying renewal rent does not by itself transfer ownership of the name.",
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          "Read registrar commit/register code and documented commitment-age constraints. Parameters include name, owner,duration,secret,resolver,data. Draft avoids unstable prices and exact wait defaults; anyone-renew permission expressly documented. Explicit ENSv1 scope prevents assuming newer registrar behavior."
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  "citation": "Degrees of Satoshi editorial project. “Registering an ENS name: why registration has separate steps.” Published 2026-10-02; updated 2026-10-02. https://degreesofsatoshi.com/encyclopedia/ens-name-registration/"
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