I think this is actually what makes Handshake so unique compared to every other blockchain project. Rather than attempting to unrealistically decentralize every

I think this is actually what makes Handshake so unique compared to every other blockchain project. Rather than attempting to unrealistically decentralize everything, it’s a drop in replacement for a centralized point within the dns system - the DNS root. Everything else will completely work the same, but giving ownership of the dns root, and moreover, the global namespace, to the people is a huge step forward and what we were always trying to achieve with ICANN but, unfortunately, could not. Additionally, the blockchain in this circumstance also makes the legacy CA system extremely outdated — no more need to trust CAs to do the right thing [1]... the blockchain is immutable. As for this DNS and web service, since many services currently don’t support TLD level hosting (only subdomains like something.com), I put this together to ease adoption until services “upgrade” to allow TLDs! It also serves to show how names in the handshake era can authenticate without accounts which I think is simply really cool without a better way to describe it. It opens up the door for new kinds of services where people bring their own name and identity with them which I think, for HN, this has been something the whole community has been waiting for. [1] https://www.tcdi.com/the-threat-of-rogue-certificate-authorities/ https://www.tcdi.com/the-threat-of-rogue-certificate-authori... (many more examples can be found with a web search)