> But it sounds like handshake is simply an alternate DNS protocol? Handshake [1] is the next generation of DNS, as opposed to the ICANN controlled legacy syst

> But it sounds like handshake is simply an alternate DNS protocol? Handshake [1] is the next generation of DNS, as opposed to the ICANN controlled legacy system. It is more decentralized since a single actor does not control the system. You cannot be de-platformed without the consensus of the community and a fork, as opposed to a decision made by a single or small group of actors. > Or does it also serve as a certificate authority somehow? Since you can verify a certificate against a DANE TLSA record which is retrievable from a DNS zone with DS records stored on chain, the CA is no longer required for trust -- only cryptography. Checkout the paper which goes into far more detail [2]. The entire system actually incentivizes the Internet to become more secure -- which is pretty exciting! > Is it actually more decentralized than DNS It's more decentralized than DNS in that the root becomes the blockchain instead of ICANN. This project simply finishes the beautiful DNS ecosystem, which was already decentralized, other than the root. Now we are all root, democratically. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3QbXMFjro0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3QbXMFjro0 [2] https://handshake.org/files/handshake.txt https://handshake.org/files/handshake.txt