Etherscan retrieved the address details, including the current Ether balance and the time of the most recent transaction, and presented them in the reported result.
Google, the tech behemoth, has used Etherscan data to include Ethereum Name Service (ENS) information in its search results.
A person who used to be on the ENS core team named Brantly Millegan saw the change and shared the news on X. Cointelegraph made sure the functionality worked by testing it with many ENS addresses, one of which was Vitalik.eth, which belonged to Vitalik Buterin, who co-founded the Ethereum blockchain network.
There were address details like Ether balance and most recent transaction time included in the result. Etherscan, an Ethereum block explorer, is the source of the data.
Using the Ethereum Name Service, one may utilize complicated wallet addresses online in the same manner as domains are used.
One example is the replacement of complicated integers with a readily shareable ENS address, such as yourname.eth. This is analogous to bypassing IP addresses altogether and going straight to domains for website access.
The use of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology is something that Google is actively pursuing. It was released with built-in support for Ethereum wallet balances in May 2023.
When it first launched, users could look up a public address and see their wallet amount right there in the results. This feature is now available for ENS domains as well.
Google eliminated the need to visit Etherscan in 2022 by integrating a crypto function that allowed the search engine to monitor the Ether balance of certain Ethereum wallet addresses.
Google Ventures principal Han Hua initially announced the functionality in a post on October 11, 2022. The company has started counting down to the 2022 Ethereum Merge event with animated pandas dancing in time.
As of 2023, “Cryptocurrency Coin Trusts” are now part of Google’s crypto advertising policy. Investors may buy and sell shares in digital asset trusts using these products.
Searches for “Bitcoin ETF” now include Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) offerings from renowned asset managers, including BlackRock.
As of February 5th, ENS and GoDaddy, a domain registrar, announced a collaboration that will enable the Web3 community to seamlessly connect their .eth domains to regular Web2 domains at no additional expense.
Thanks to the cooperation between GoDaddy and ENS, consumers are no longer discouraged from transferring domain names to ENS due to the high gas prices.
The deployment of new smart contracts for resolution allowed ENS to facilitate the cost-free transfer. Consequently, by exercising more authority over their own decentralized identities, DNS domain proprietors may achieve a new kind of self-sovereignty.
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