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Can someone ELI5 on what this is? What are Name Auctions on Handshake?

evgen 7y ago
The ELI5 is that this is more PR astroturfing by the Handshake team, like the four or five other links they have posted to HN over the past two days. After only a few hours the bulk of the comments are by people close to the project telling everyone else how it will solve all problems and provide digital ponies for everyone...
- sdtsui 7y ago
  I'm not a member of the Handshake team, and I don't have control over what comments get posted. This is a Show HN - I am sharing something I have helped make, that other people can play with. That was my only intention, and I've atttempted to follow the guidelines here: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html I don't know what other links have been posted beside this thread, which a colleague sent to me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22310604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22310604 That said, you are probably right. It doesn't surprise me that there is a lot of Handshake-related activity on HN right now. The project was conceived over two years ago, and today marks its second week of existence and the first day that people can actually try it out. Respectfully, is it possible that most of this is genuine interest/excitement in a new project instead of, as you put it, "PR astroturfing"?
cjbprime 7y ago
Handshake's a new blockchain based DNS replacement, and auctions are the way people buy domain names (actually domain TLDs) on it.
ktorvald 7y ago
A thread from yesterday on Handshake: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22310604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22310604
troquerre 7y ago
This faq answers some basic questions https://namebase.io/faq https://namebase.io/faq along with this tutorial https://www.namebase.io/blog/tutorial-1-what-is-handshake-and-hns https://www.namebase.io/blog/tutorial-1-what-is-handshake-an...

The ELI5 is that this is more PR astroturfing by the Handshake team, like the four or five other links they have posted to HN over the past two days. After only a few hours the bulk of the comments are by people close to the project telling everyone else how it will solve all problems and provide digital ponies for everyone...

sdtsui 7y ago
I'm not a member of the Handshake team, and I don't have control over what comments get posted. This is a Show HN - I am sharing something I have helped make, that other people can play with. That was my only intention, and I've atttempted to follow the guidelines here: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html I don't know what other links have been posted beside this thread, which a colleague sent to me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22310604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22310604 That said, you are probably right. It doesn't surprise me that there is a lot of Handshake-related activity on HN right now. The project was conceived over two years ago, and today marks its second week of existence and the first day that people can actually try it out. Respectfully, is it possible that most of this is genuine interest/excitement in a new project instead of, as you put it, "PR astroturfing"?

cjbprime 7y ago

Handshake's a new blockchain based DNS replacement, and auctions are the way people buy domain names (actually domain TLDs) on it.

ktorvald 7y ago

A thread from yesterday on Handshake: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22310604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22310604

troquerre 7y ago

This faq answers some basic questions https://namebase.io/faq https://namebase.io/faq along with this tutorial https://www.namebase.io/blog/tutorial-1-what-is-handshake-and-hns https://www.namebase.io/blog/tutorial-1-what-is-handshake-an...