The Shake: Feb. 27, 2022

Feb 27

A publication on Handshake and the Decentralized Web.

Access Handshake using the Fingertip resolver. For more resources, go to theshake.xyz

This Week in Handshake

↳ HNS Chat A Handshake messaging app by Eskimo, available at hnschat/ and hns.chat. It works by running a full node, using TXT records to verify ownership of your Handshake name, and letting you send messages to other Handshake names. Sessions are stored locally in your browser — hit the ‘sync’ button to share a session with other devices via link or QR code.

Follow these steps if you need help getting started and say hi to us at theshake/

Protocols that are application specific can scale within a niche and then generalize over time. Handshake’s singular focus on DNS has enabled early traction of its global namespace while enabling other emergent use cases, like messaging.

↳ HIP: Standard for TXT records An ongoing improvement proposal for standardizing Niami’s use of TXT records as on-chain data

↳ Kex/ The first name expired and went up for re-auction this week. This name was never actually registered after its first auction finalized. This time around, the winning bid of 30,000 HNS won at the second highest price of 2,200 HNS. A new wave of burns is beginning.

↳ TheHandshakeTarot/ Use the isc.org ‘dig’ app on your phone to make a DNS request to card.thehandshaketarot and get daily readings from the TXT-based ASCII-art project.

↳ Breakdown A categorization of the first ~3 million names opened across characters, numbers, and languages.

↳ HandyCon The online Handshake conference is returning, March 16-18th, with a lineup full of builders in and around Handshake. Register for free here.

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Around the DWeb

↳ 🇺🇦 A hackathon is underway to build a yield donation tool (i.e. a proxy contract that stakes assets into Yearn and forwards yield generated) for Ukrainian defense.