ENS Labs and GLEIF Work on Verifiable Onchain Identity for Institutions
ENS Labs and GLEIF are exploring a framework that links Ethereum Name Service domains with verifiable legal entity credentials. The work includes an ENS Improvement Proposal meant to standardize how onchain names connect to corporate legal identity.
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Institutions that use ENS names are the main group affected, because the proposed link would let applications check their identity against verifiable legal entity credentials onchain. That would matter to users and counterparties who rely on those names for institutional recognition in day-to-day interactions.
In practice, the proposal would add a standardized way to connect an ENS name with corporate legal identity through an ENS Improvement Proposal. What remains the same is that the identity check is still being explored rather than already in place.
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