What are you going to build?:
Our team is currently focused on creating an interoperable domain name for the OP Stack, aiming to enable each deployed chain to deploy its own web3 domain permissionlessly independently. This approach will facilitate seamless user onboarding from the main Optimism chain to the deployed chains. We have spent considerable time designing the domain model, with the primary objective of optimizing benefits for the Optimism community.

As a forward-thinking initiative, our project is designed to be dynamic and responsive to evolving needs over time. Our plan involved creating an ENS fork, which evolved into an interoperable domain name service and, finally, a subscription-based public good service. These transitions are necessary to ensure the long-term sustainability of our domain service and ensure that the Optimism community continues to reap its benefits.

Given the recent announcement by Optimism regarding the OP Stack, we perceive it as a golden opportunity for our project. Our team has identified a distinctive feature of the OP Stack, which allows for the deployment of a domain system across OP stack-based chains in a permissionless manner, thereby enabling seamless interconnectivity among all chains.

Users can obtain their .op domains at no cost until 2025, along with the availability of optional supporter plans. Holders of .op domains can claim their .base and other domain names natively for each OP stack deployed chain without incurring additional fees. Chain operators may deploy opti.domains on their respective chains without requiring any permission, allowing for a wide range of customization options. Domain whitelisting
As we offer free minting for our .op domains, we must prevent bots from minting and frontrunning the best domain names. Therefore, we have proposed a solution to this problem.

Participation in at least one of our campaigns is required to acquire a domain name. Additionally, we will leverage the current ENS domain holder database. To register a name in .op domains, one must be the rightful owner of the corresponding ENS domain at the time of the snapshot.

However, not all ENS holders have the right to mint their domain names, as some domains are reserved for special purposes, such as speculation or company branding.

Non-ENS holders can only register domain names not registered on ENS at the time of registration.