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Building Smart Name Ecosystems for India’s Top 100 Colleges: A Digital Revolution

In an era where digital identities and our online interactions dominate our lives, Handshake Smart Names is poised to reshape the way we connect, identify, and engage with others. This revolutionary initiative is set to transform the landscape of education in India by providing individual identities to students and alumni…

Handshake Names : Unleashing the limitless potential of Digital Identities.

In the digital age, our identities are increasingly intertwined with the online world. From social media profiles to email addresses, we use various identifiers to navigate the vast landscape of the internet. The average user today spends over 7 hours online. That’s roughly 50% of our total waking time. But…

Enable HTTPS on Handshake domains

DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) is an Internet Security protocol to allow X.509 digital certificates, commonly used for Transport Layer Security (TLS), to be bound to domain names using Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). TLS/SSL encryption is currently based on certificates issued by certificate authorities (CAs). Within the last few years, a number of CA providers suffered serious security breaches, allowing the…

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…