The Shake: Jan. 31, 2021

The Shake is a weekly recap of the Handshake ecosystem and protocol.

Community / Tech / Stats

• DeFi Frontends: Sushi.swap now redirects to the SushiSwap protocol frontend. Bancor.rewards redirects to the Bancor staking rewards frontend. Custom URL shorteners are how Handshake names start as toys. Though it’s a short leap from redundant redirects to default domains as the threat of censorship looms larger.

• Interchain FM: Riad Wahby, who worked on the initial HNS airdrop, discusses how to implement private airdrops on Interchain. Monday’s conversation features the co-founders of Kyokan who developed Footnote, a layer two social protocol for Handshake.

• dLinks: Decentralized link trees are a real and growing use case for Handshake. Maren Altman, viral astrologer, joined in with a dLink of her own and a HNS shoutout.

• Ratings: Have a Handshake name? Calculate its rarity on Niami.

• Namebase: Tieshun of Namebase was on the Crypto Current podcast to discuss Handshake and the decentralized web.

• Resales: Amidst the current NFT Cambrian explosion, the top-level domain NFT/ resold privately for $84,000.

• Giveaway: The Shake is giving away 2000 HNS in next week’s Feb. 7 newsletter. Follow us on twitter and RT this tweet to be eligible to win.
  

Community / Tech / Stats 

• Goldshell Miner: Goldshell is expanding to support both Handshake and SiaCoin, securing two assets fundamental to the decentralized web.

• Urkel Mining Pool: Urkel mining pool website got a refresh. Urkel, the first Handshake mining pool, is evolving to support multiple assets to grow the US mining sector.

• Mining Scam: Handshake ASIC mining scam thwarted - watch out for opportunistic cons as Handshake grows and read Goldshell’s official statement.
  

Community / Tech / Stats

Name Stats

• Total Names Registered: 524k TLDs, 1 week change: +7.8%

• Top Name Auction This Week: http://k/ for 55,000 HNS ($6,979)

• Top Name Resale This Week: http://nft/ for 700,000 HNS ($84,000)
  

$HNS Stats

• Total $HNS Burned: 16.94M HNS, 1 week change: +5.94%

• Total $HNS Locked: 48.4M HNS, 1 week change: +2.32%

• Circulating $HNS Supply: 17.25%, 1 week change: +0.29%