OUR TOP LEVEL DOMAINS

Handshake is an open source blockchain project for domain name registration. Built to work with the DNS naming system, Handshake users can register, transfer, and update top-level domains (TLDs) on the blockchain with Handshake coin (HNS). However, unlike the traditional ICANN system, Handshake uses blockchain to create a decentralized root zone service for the Internet, instead of a root zone that is managed by a single entity—ICANN.

Breaking away from the traditional ICANN system provides many benefits. Operating outside of ICANN, Handshake blockchain TLDs give Internet users the controls to operate independently. It’s like the early days of the Internet all over again. Instead of subscribing to a system that is already set in stone, you have the unique opportunity to push the envelope of innovation and possibility. Handshake is making it accessible for users to be a part of creating new top-level domains and opening up the domain namespace. With Handshake, anyone can now get a TLD.