Handshake

Handshake is a decentralized, permissionless naming protocol where every peer is validating and in charge of managing the root DNS nami...

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Openness

Project PhaseMainnet

Launch DayMar 2, 2020

Assets Usedother

Native TokenHNS

Team Members (5)

Joseph Poon • Christopher Jeffrey • Andrew Lee • Boyma Fahnbulleh • King Andrew Lee

Funding (32)

a16z crypto Founders Fund

Technology

Open SourceYES

Decentralized StorageUNKNOWN

UpgradabilityNO

Peer to Peer (P2P)Supported

Asset Custodynon-custody

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Privacy

Know Your Customer (KYC)Not Required

Privacy PolicyDefined

Sign-in Requirementswallet

Collected dataNone

Data UsageNone

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Security

Technical DependencyAs a proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain, Handshake could be vulnerable to a 51% attack

Social DependencyThere is no governance structure in place for this project. It operates in a fully decentralized and permissionless manner.

Third-party DependencyNone

Audits

Security auditsNo security audits available for this project

Explorer data score:82%

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Handshake Technical documentation Handshake Web Handshake Github Handshake Whitepaper Handshake Block Explorer Handshake Twitter

Articles

Handshake mainnet launch

Handshake's Uncensorable Web Domains Go Live on Mainnet

Feb 2, 2020

ENS claims .eth

The reserved TLD .eth and 136,503.51 HNS coins (worth ~$14,000 at the time) were claimed by the https://ethereum.org/ & https://ens.domains/ community.

Feb 16, 2020

Brave.com claims .brave

Brave.com claimed its reserved TLD .brave and 3,400,503.43 HNS coins (worth ~$530,000 at the time).

Mar 23, 2020