I’m here and ready to repent; I’m here to atone by sharing what I’ve learned while foraging in the underbelly of the Ethereum Name Service. Read on for the full story, or click here to jump straight to the good stuff.

Amateur Hour

My bad behavior began as a desire to understand what happened when I, myself, lost an ENS auction to a domain squatter. I was feeling confident after securing my own name billyrennekamp.eth while only spending the lowest amount possible. I had made my .01 ETH bid then set an alarm to come back 3 days later to reveal it. After waiting another 2 days for the reveal period I saw there were no other bids, which meant I could close the auction and claim my name. Feeling confident, I tried the same technique with clovers.eth , a name I intended on pointing to the art game Clovers.Network. Alas, it was snatched away by 0x87617ad4624da516e7191ba6fbb69d28c0a0ac82 , hereto forth known as 😈DwarfPool👿 .

The First Cut is the Deepest