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Handshakehandshake.orgHandshake is a decentralized, permissionless naming protocol that runs a peer-to-peer root DNS naming zone to provide an alternative to centralized certificate authorities and naming systems. It uses the Handshake coin (HNS) to coordinate name registration and prevent Sybil attacks, leveraging a distributed zone file, merkleized proofs, and proof-of-work for lightweight name resolution and cryptographic name proofs. The project provides client software and development tools (GUI, full-node wallet, documentation) to claim names and build on a decentralized internet.
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Handshake (HNS): Operates on its own native layer-1 blockchain functioning at the root/TLD level rather than as standard smart-contract NFTs.
Handshake (.hns ), which has its own native coin HNS and blockchain architecture for top-level domains, has seen significant drops in secondary liquidity
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Handshake is the most radical design: a decentralized DNS root system.
Handshake (HNS): A decentralized naming protocol designed to replace traditional DNS root zones.
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