Beam Anonymous Naming Service (BANS)

The Beam Anonymous Naming Service or BANS is the latest release from the Beam development team and the newest to the DApp Store. BANS is a smart contract that simplifies sending and receiving assets while providing all the privacy and security of a regular Beam address.

BANS domains link to your DAppnet wallets and bypass the traditional way of sending and receiving cryptocurrency (via a long alpha-numeric string of characters) by allowing users to send (and receive) assets to a simple domain name built on the Beam blockchain.

Users can register, sell, and gift BANS domains in just a few clicks. There is no preset limit to how many domains a user can purchase.

BANS DApp is currently only available on desktop wallets, and the DAppnet.

Registering a BANS domain

  1. Search for the BANS domain you wish to register.

  2. Choose your desired registration period (minimum one year). Review the gas and registration fees.

  3. Click confirm to complete your BANS domain registration.

  4. Your BANS domain is ready to receive funds!

How it looks in your wallet

Launch BANS DApp

Search for available domains

Choose registration period

Confirm BANS registration

My domains

Selling a BANS domain

Users can sell their BANS domains by listing them on the BANS marketplace or selling directly to an individual party.

  1. Select the BANS domain you wish to sell. Click sell.

  2. Enter your selling price (in Beams). Click sell again.

  3. Review the transaction details. Confirm transaction.

  4. Your BANS domain is available for purchase on the BANS Marketplace. Users renew their registration, alter the sale price or remove it entirely from BANS marketplace.

How it looks in your wallet

Launch BANS DApp

Select domain to sell

You can find all purchased domains under My domains.

Determine sale price

Confirm transaction

BANS marketplace

Remove from marketplace

Users can remove their domain from the Bans marketplace by going to My domains >>> "remove from sale".

Sending Beam to a BANS domain

Users can send Beam directly to a BANS domain and avoid the headache of sending to a wallet address. Beams coins are the only asset currently available to send via BANS DApp.

  1. Search for the BANS domain to create the transaction.

  2. Select the domain and click send funds to the BANS.

  3. Enter the amount of Beam coin to transfer to the BANS user. Click send.

  4. Review the transaction details. Click confirm.

  5. Once the transaction is complete, the funds will appear directly in the users' BANS domain.

How it looks in your wallet

Launch BANS

Create a transaction

Search for the BANS domain and initiate a transaction.

Send Beam

Confirm transaction

BANS transactions list

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