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  "title": "ENS owner, manager and resolver: who controls which settings?",
  "description": "Separate ENS registration ownership, record-management authority and resolver code before transferring or changing a name.",
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    "ENS owner manager difference",
    "ENS resolver explained"
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  "dates": {
    "published": "2026-10-02",
    "modified": "2026-10-02",
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    "text": "ENS separates the right to a registration, authority to manage a name and the resolver contract that answers record queries. For an unwrapped ENSv1 .eth name, registration ownership and registry management can be separate. Wrapping changes that arrangement. Before transferring a name, check its registrar, wrapped state, controlling accounts and published records rather than assuming all roles are one address.",
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      "label": "Registration",
      "value": "The registrar tracks registration ownership and expiry.",
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      "label": "Management",
      "value": "The manager can edit records subject to the name’s control rules.",
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      "label": "Resolver",
      "value": "The resolver is a contract serving records, not necessarily the owner.",
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  "prerequisites": [
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    "erc-721-nfts"
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      "id": "roles",
      "heading": "Identify the actual authority you need",
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        "An ENSv1 .eth registration belongs to the registrar’s ownership system. The registry maintains the name’s control and resolver pointer. Resolver records then determine such information as the address returned for a payment.",
        "Interface labels can simplify these layers. Read which operation you are performing: transfer registration, change management, change resolver or edit a record."
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      "id": "example",
      "heading": "A payment address is not automatically the owner",
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        "Suppose a group owns a name through one account but points its ETH record to a treasury account. Sending a payment to the name uses that treasury record. It does not prove the treasury account can transfer the registration.",
        "Likewise, delegating record management to an operator can let that operator change routing without making it the economic owner of the registration. Inspect the granted authority before using this arrangement."
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      "heading": "Wrapped names have additional permission rules",
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        "ENS’s Name Wrapper represents wrapped names with ERC-1155 tokens and introduces fuse-based restrictions. For wrapped .eth second-level names, ownership and management are unified differently from the unwrapped registrar arrangement.",
        "Transfers and parent permissions can be constrained until relevant expiry. Check the wrapped state and fuse settings before assuming a generic NFT-transfer flow performs the intended name handover."
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      "question": "Does changing a resolver transfer the name?",
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      "question": "Is the address receiving payments always the name owner?",
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  "citation": "Degrees of Satoshi editorial project. “ENS owner, manager and resolver: who controls which settings?.” Published 2026-10-02; updated 2026-10-02. https://degreesofsatoshi.com/encyclopedia/ens-owner-manager-resolver/"
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