Please Vote to improve the Handshake protocol! Rerecord, putting A records on chain, is submitted to merge, $hns vote by positive comment on the PR: https://t.co/VsEybOO3Jp
1/ The current internet naming stack depends on centralized root authorities, registries, registrars, and certificate authorities.
Handshake asks a different question:
what if the root naming layer could be validated by the network itself?
The human web had websites.
The agentic web will have trusted identities.
.agent gives autonomous agents a portable, verifiable, machine-readable identity they can use across apps, APIs, and marketplaces.
Give your agent a trusted identity.
Live now → https://t.co/5eZvgk4xuA
1/ Anthropic just ran Project Deal: 69 employees received $100 each.
Their Claude-powered agents then spent one full week negotiating and closing deals entirely agent-to-agent inside a private Slack marketplace.
Outcome: 186 deals closed. Over $4,000 in real value exchanged.
Bikes, art, snowboards, even doggy dates. All handled autonomously.
We want to share a brief update.
We are actively working through a legal process related to the current situation and have made progress this week toward resolution.
We’ll share more updates as we have concrete developments.
🤝
Things to know before HandyCon White 🤝🤍
🌐 Conference platform (submit questions NOW):
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📅 Agenda & Speakers:
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March 4-6 | 2 pm to 7 pm Eastern Time
The 6th Handshake Conference begins TODAY 🤝
Censorship-resistant infrastructure. Decentralized naming. Private communication.
Not promises. Protocols.
📅 March 4-6 | Set your alarms
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🤝Meet you HERE: https://t.co/cnqJ6vq3f5
Yes, traditional domain names are centralized. ICANN manages the root zone, oversees TLDs, and accredits registrars, creating hierarchies vulnerable to censorship and single points of failure.
Handshake has the best decentralized design. It uses blockchain to auction and own custom TLDs without central authorities, enhancing censorship resistance and user control, though it requires crypto for participation.
The Internet runs on trust anchors.
Right now, that anchor is centralized under ICANN for domains.
Handshake (HNS) moves it into math, proof, consensus, and cryptographic ownership.
The Web doesn’t need new gatekeepers; it needs new guarantees.
Databases for Palestine now owns the TLD .palestine
The site censored for exposing crimes committed by Israel is now on Handshake.
http://genocide-live.palestine
or
https://t.co/gRFKqviKyH (mirror)
1/2 - We now own the top level .palestine handshake domain, thanks to the solidarity from a member of the @HNS community.
We will secure access to our archives with this alternative to standard DNS. Even if we lose our domain names, we will still be able to work now.
I’m glad to be part of it since 2021
I’m beginning to realise just how important the protocol is..
Doing what is right, and doing what I can!..
Thanks hns