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Gonka Name Service (GNS) - Human Readable names for the Gonka Network¶

Автор: @gonkalabs · Категория: Show and Tell · Создано: 2026-03-16 18:09 UTC · Обновлено: 2026-03-16 19:43 UTC

📝 Описание¶

Every blockchain eventually needs a naming layer. Ethereum has ENS. Cosmos chains have ICNS. Until now, Gonka didn't have one. So we built it.

Gonka Name Service (GNS) lets anyone register a short, memorable .gnk name - like mike.gnk - that resolves to a gonka1... wallet address. It is live on mainnet, integrated into GG Wallet, gonka.gg explorer (users can find by name, use aliases like gonka.gg/address/mike.gnk instead of longer gonka1..... address) and as of today the smart contract source code is fully open source.

This is a community project by Gonka Labs. We built GNS because we needed it ourselves and because the community was asking for it. Our goal is to make it the standard naming layer for the Gonka ecosystem - the one that wallets, dApps, explorers, and tooling all converge on.

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Any user can obtain a name at https://gonka.gg/names

By the Numbers¶

1,300+ names already registered on mainnet
2.5 GNK flat registration fee per name
Names never expire - register once, own forever

What GNS Does¶

Feature	Description
Register	Claim any available `.gnk` name (3-63 chars, lowercase alphanumeric + hyphens)
Resolve	Look up any `.gnk` name to get the wallet address it points to
Reverse lookup	Given a `gonka1...` address, find the owner's primary `.gnk` name
Text records	Attach metadata to a name (e.g. `twitter` → `@mike`, `avatar` → URL)
Transfer	Gift a name to another address for free
Marketplace (dapp ui in progress)	List a name for sale, delist, or buy - peer-to-peer, no protocol fee
Primary name	Set which of your names is displayed as your identity

How It's Integrated¶

GG Wallet already supports GNS natively:

Your primary .gnk name is displayed on the main wallet screen
You can send tokens to any .gnk name instead of pasting a long address - the wallet resolves it automatically

Any wallet, dApp, or tool can integrate GNS by querying the contract directly. The message interface is documented in the README.

Contract Details¶


Contract address	gonka1rd582xazhyxde68g099ed0zpjzq0j0shnhkegg06s8009h7lnxjqvyf0qf
Chain	gonka-mainnet
Runtime	CosmWasm (Rust)
License	MIT
Source	github.com/gonkalabs/gns

Why Open Source¶

We believe the naming layer for a network should be transparent and auditable. Anyone can read the contract logic, verify the on-chain deployment matches the source, run the test suite, or fork it for their own use. The full contract - registration, resolution, reverse lookup, text records, marketplace - is a single CosmWasm crate with 25 passing unit tests.

This follows the same open source approach we take with all Gonka Labs projects: GG Wallet, OpenGNK, tx-scanner, rpc-pooler, and others.

What's Next¶

We are actively working on the next iteration of GNS (we will just upgrade the smart contract, address will not change):

Misleading name detection - flag or prevent registration of names that visually resemble standard wallet addresses (e.g. a .gnk name starting with gonka1 and ending in characters that mimic a real address). This is important to prevent social engineering where a name like gonka1abc...xyz.gnk could trick users into thinking they are sending to a raw address when they are actually resolving a name controlled by someone else.
Subdomain support - allow name owners to create subnames (e.g. pay.mike.gnk)
Broader ecosystem integration - work with other Gonka tools and services to adopt GNS resolution as a standard, so .gnk names work everywhere across the network
On-chain profile enrichment - expand text records into a richer profile system (avatars, social links, bios) queryable by any dApp

We ship fast and iterate based on what the community needs. If there is a feature you want - open an issue on the repo or tell us in the Telegram chat.

Previous Gonka Labs Posts¶

gonkalabs.com | gonka.gg | GitHub

💬 Комментарии (1)¶

Комментарий 1 — @andrey055 ¶

2026-03-16 19:43 UTC

First of all, I want to sincerely thank the Gonka Labs team for what they are doing for the project. Their dashboards, wallet, faucet, and open proxy are the best things I’ve encountered during my five months of participating in the project 🤝.

The launch of Gonka Name Service is a very important step for the entire ecosystem. Human-readable names are a fundamental component of any blockchain network. They make working with addresses much simpler and clearer for users, and they also open up new possibilities for integrations in wallets, dApps, and other tools. It is especially great to see that the contract is fully open source and publicly available. This builds trust and allows the community to study, verify, and further develop this initiative.

I wish the team success in developing GNS and hope that .gnk names will eventually become the standard identity layer within the Gonka network💪.