Brantly Millegan said he is moving on from the Ethereum Name Service ecosystem and winding down ethid.org.
Millegan wrote that “the .eth comes off” and called the move the end of a chapter. He said the decision followed recent events and other reasons, while thanking the ENS community and wishing everyone well.
The departure also affects ethid.org, the development group behind several ENS-adjacent projects. Millegan said he and his teammates are open to new opportunities and named team members publicly in the post.
The move marks a public break from one of the best-known contributors around Ethereum Name Service, the naming protocol that maps readable .eth identities to wallet addresses, records, websites and social profiles.
ethid.org Projects Will Sunset
Millegan said most ethid.org projects will sunset over the next few weeks, while code remains open source.
The affected projects include Grails Market, ENS Market Bot and Ethereum Follow Protocol. Millegan said more information will be posted later for users of those tools.
The post did not include a full shutdown schedule, migration instructions or replacement-maintainer plan. Users of the affected products will need to wait for project-specific updates before assuming exact end dates, export steps or service continuity.
ENS remains one of the better-known examples of Web3 domains because .eth names can replace long wallet addresses and carry additional records used across supported wallets, apps and identity tools.
Departure Follows ENS Governance Dispute
The exit comes after weeks of ENS governance tension around treasury control, foundation authority and the role of large voting blocs.
A June 19 ENS DAO temp check proposed moving operational, treasury, grants, brand and long-term capital-management responsibilities into a stronger ENS Foundation structure. The proposal says tokenholders would retain protocol-level control, including upgrade authority and director-removal power.
The dispute also included debate over ENS founder Nick Johnson’s voting power after he self-delegated a large ENS position during the governance process. ENS DAO sits among the more established examples of DAO-governed crypto infrastructure, with delegates, proposals, working groups and treasury decisions tied to a widely used naming system.
Millegan did not give a detailed list of reasons for leaving beyond “recent events and other reasons.” As of July 4, ethid.org was winding down, most listed ecosystem projects were expected to sunset over the next few weeks, and their code was set to remain open source.
