ENS Old Registrar
The original .eth registrar launched May 4, 2017 (Star Wars Day) after an earlier March launch was aborted due to a bug. Used Vickrey sealed-bid auctions where winning bids were locked in deed contracts. Replaced by the permanent registrar on May 4, 2019; names not migrated by May 2020 returned to the pool, but deed deposits can still be reclaimed via releaseDeed().
Contract: 0x6090A6e47849629b7245Dfa1Ca21D94cd15878Ef
· Deployed: May 2017
Unclaimed ETH
9,023 ETH
Addresses
16,255
ETH Balance Over Time
Contract Interactions
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I recover my ENS deposit from the old registrar? ▼
Connect the wallet that originally bid in the 2017 ENS auction and call releaseDeed with your name's labelHash. The contract returns your original deposit. You can do this through Forgotten ETH or directly on Etherscan.
Will releasing my ENS deed lose my domain name? ▼
No. The deed deposit and the ENS name registration are separate. Your name is managed by the new permanent registrar since May 2019. Calling releaseDeed only reclaims the ETH deposit locked in the old auction contract.
What is an ENS labelHash? ▼
A labelHash is the keccak256 hash of your ENS name's label (the part before .eth). For example, the labelHash of "example" is keccak256("example"). This hash is the argument required by the releaseDeed function.
How much ETH is stuck in the ENS old registrar? ▼
Approximately 11,324 ETH remains in unclaimed deed deposits across 11,292 addresses. These funds have been recoverable since the May 2019 migration but most users have not called releaseDeed to withdraw.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does it work? ▼
Paste any address or connect your wallet. We check 256 defunct contracts for unclaimed balances. If found, click Withdraw — the transaction goes directly from the original contract to your wallet.
Is this safe? ▼
Yes. Fully open source. No proxy contracts, no intermediaries. Most withdrawals are simple ETH transfers with no approvals needed. A few contracts (e.g. wrapped ETH variants, dividend tokens) require a token burn or two-step process — the UI explains each case. Every withdrawal can be done manually on Etherscan — this site just makes it easier.
Why can't my portfolio tracker see these? ▼
DeBank, Zerion, and Zapper only index active protocols. These contracts are defunct or too obscure to be tracked. Your ETH is still onchain, it just doesn't show up in standard wallet interfaces.
Do you charge fees? ▼
No. Completely free. After a successful claim, there's an optional donation prompt — entirely voluntary.
What contracts are tracked? ▼
256 contracts across defunct DEXes (EtherDelta, IDEX v1, Token.Store), dividend tokens (PoWH3D, Fomo3D), NFT auctions (MoonCatRescue, DADA), bounty platforms, ICO escrows, ENS old registrar deeds, DAO treasury refunds (DigixDAO), and wrapped ETH variants.
Don't trust, verify ▼
You don't need this site to claim. Every withdrawal can be done directly on Etherscan: go to the contract, click "Write Contract", connect your wallet, call the withdraw function. We simply facilitate the crafting of withdrawal transactions on your behalf — each contract's address and function is shown in the claim details. Our code is open source for anyone to audit. Know a contract we're missing? Open an issue.