Tools, Services & References.

INSTALL

• macOS
• Linux
• Windows

GUIDES

• HSD Configuration
• Events & Sockets
• Name Claims
• Name Auctions
• Wallet Setup
• HNS Resource Records
• Developing Plugins

DOCUMENTATION

• API Docs
• Full Documentation

PROTOCOL

• Paper
• Summary
• Merkle Tree
• Improvement Proposals

Introduction

Handshake is a UTXO-based blockchain protocol which manages the registration, renewal and transfer of DNS top-level domains (TLDs). Our naming protocol differs from its predecessors in that it has no concept of namespacing or subdomains at the consensus layer. Its purpose is not to replace DNS, but to replace the root zone file and the root servers.

The full node daemon, hsd, is written in Javascript and is a fork of bcoin. By running a full node, you can participate in securing the network and serving the root zone file embedded in the blockchain.
We also have a light client, hnsd, which is written in C. It can verify blockchain data and serve provable resource records without having the resource requirements of a full node. It also acts as an authoritative name server over the Handshake root zone, and a recursive name server pointed at the authoritative name server.

By installing and/or contributing to Handshake, you are participating in a decentralized open platform owned by the commons.

Source Code

The latest source code is available on GitHub under the MIT license.

Coins

Handshake utilizes a utility coin system for name registration. Handshake depends on the free and open source community to take ownership and decentralize the system https://handshake.org.

Developer Communities

• IRC: irc.freenode.net: #Handshake
• Telegram:Handshake Dev Chat.

See a mistake? Open a pull request.

https://github.com/handshake-org/handshake-org.github.io/blob/master/src/index.md

Services built on HNS and tools for developers to build on.

HNS TOOLS

Makes it easy to add handshake login to your websites,let everyone use yubikeys instead of just passwords and much more…

HNS Search

A Search engine for the Dweb

ShakeStats

Access all Handshake numbers in one place.

XNHNS

This is an easiest way for a Handshake TLD owner to use their domain trustlessly on other blockchains.
XNHNS works on any EVM compatible blockchain.