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Zach Brown
Oct 9, 2022
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As Handshake crossed seven millions registered top-level domains this week, we airdropped all Handshake second-level domains on the Impervious Registry (including .contract, .f, etc) a commemorative NFT.

The first namedrop. Available here →

Namedrops are a method to utilize Handshake dSLDs bridged to Ethereum to enable airdrops to user controlled wallets. Our initial namedrop — built with holders.at and create.zora.co — is intended to serve as a reference for various kinds of asset distribution across namespaces. Any individual TLD / community can apply this concept to their unique set of SLD / users. Some examples for namedrop uses cases include:

  • Governance of subdomain registration fees

  • Access to digital or physical spaces

  • Community-based rewards

Look out for a demo this week for how to create your own namedrop, and let us know how you might use it.


🤝 What’s Shaking

This Week in Handshake

Checkpoints will make Handshake light name resolution even lighter by providing enough data to sync the chain from ANY arbitrary non-genesis block.

Varo New REDIRECT record types are now live. Instead of doing an ALIAS and a TXT with weird syntax, you can now just create a REDIRECT record.

CDNs Read about how Media Network dCDN leverages .dcdn Handshake names for their decentralized content delivery network.

Flux How to deploy a Handshake full node using the Flux network.


The Battle for the Soul of the Web

A discussion of the DWeb in The Atlantic

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People always ask us: Q: "Why is @internetarchive promoting the scammy #Web3?" A: We're not. We've been working since 2015 to help build the #DWeb. It's different. Now @TheAtlantic's @kait_tiffany helps define the difference: theatlantic.com/technology/arc… 1/3
theatlantic.comThe Battle for the Soul of the WebLong before the NFT boom or the Web3 backlash, an unglamorous movement was under way. Where does it stand now?
5:53 PM ∙ Oct 5, 2022
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📈 By The Numbers


🌎 HNS Nodes

Oct 9, 2022
Summary of 280 IPs (United States 41%, Germany 8%, Netherlands 6%)


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