The .shib name just got a serious upgrade. With $1 million in USDC on the table, Doma Protocol has launched the Doma Forge Developer Program, a new initiative aimed at helping builders unlock the next wave of utility for Shib Names Service — on Doma and Shibarium.
It’s the kind of move that doesn’t just reward developers but challenges them. This program is more than just a funding opportunity. It’s inviting the Shibarium community to help define what digital identity can mean in a fully onchain world. That starts by pushing Shib Name Service beyond its current form.
Doma Protocol rolled out the Doma Forge Developer Program, offering access to a $1M USDC grant pool. The goal? Bring Shibarium developers into the fold, including but not limited to creating new ways for Shib Names tokens to function beyond static identity markers.
This is not merely a form submission site. The Forge hub includes documentation, protocol resources, and an open call to developers to imagine the full potential of .shib names as programmable digital assets.
According to D3, it is “excited to engage developers from the Shibarium ecosystem to expand the utility of potential Shib Names tokens.” And it structured the Forge to support real builders — not just big ideas.
The Doma Forge was designed to give developers both capital and infrastructure. With $1M USDC up for grabs, it invited proposals that took Shib Names to the next level — projects that could ship, integrate with real user needs, and fit into the growing Doma ecosystem.
Ideas that surfaced included income-generating leasing protocols for premium .shib names, collateral-backed lending mechanics, and fractional ownership models for high-value tokens. Some devs discussed using names as access keys or reputation layers within dApps.
Rather than narrowing scope, Doma opened it up. The Forge empowered developers to define what Shib Name Service could become — without needing to wait for permission.
The process began at Doma’s official website, where interested teams found everything they needed: technical guides, submission forms, and an open runway for their ideas.
While the program welcomed all innovators, it naturally appealed to those who already knew how to build in DeFi, deploy on EVM-compatible chains like Shibarium, and think beyond conventional naming services.
By removing financial and onboarding friction, Doma gave smaller teams and solo devs a real chance to contribute to — and benefit from — the Shib Name ecosystem.
“Doma Forge is the catalyst for developers to build the next generation of DApps on Doma, leveraging a $1M USDC grant fund, technical resources, and integrations with Solana and Base. It’s where innovation meets opportunity to reshape domains as digital assets across Web3 ecosystems.” said Inder Singh, VP of Product & Technology at D3.
The Forge wasn’t a one-off campaign. It marked a deliberate move by Doma Protocol to jumpstart a real product layer around Shib Names. The more use cases .shib names could support — whether for messaging, login, content gating, or finance — the more value they held for users.
This, in turn, created a network effect: more developers meant more integrations, which drove more adoption, which brought in more builders. The Doma Forge was the first push on that flywheel.
And beneath it all sat a simple premise — Shib Name Service isn’t just about ownership but about capability.
With infrastructure live, funding in place, and a clear call to action, the Forge set the stage for developers to take the lead.
For those ready to shape the future of Shib Name Service, the $1M USDC opportunity at doma.xyz/forge was more than a grant but an open invitation.
Doma has made its move. Now it’s up to Shibarium’s builders to show what’s possible.
