Decentralizing the Internet | Johnny Wu | Ergo Summit 2022 Privacy & Security 🤝 www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGcp...

Decentralizing the Internet | Johnny Wu | Ergo Summit 2022 Privacy & Security 🤝 www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGcp...

Do you know the origin of Handshake? www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTW6...

The Internet’s weakest trust anchor is the DNS root. Handshake (HNS) replaces it with Mathematics.

The DNS root is the single most centralized layer of the Internet. Handshake (HNS) replaces that chokepoint with a blockchain-secured root: cryptographic ownership of TLDs, DNSSEC by default, and no institutional gatekeepers.

Handshake isn’t about replacing domains like .com. It’s about replacing the root zone file controlled by ICANN . Names → cryptographic property, not bureaucratic leases.

Handshake integrates with existing DNS via recursive resolvers. Resolvers can merge HNS + @ICANN zones → no disruption. That’s the “soft landing” strategy for decentralizing the root.

DNSSEC is not optional on Handshake. It’s enforced at the root. That means cryptographic proof of authenticity is the default state, not an add-on.

Handshake is secured by Bitcoin-like PoW, not proof-of-stake. That means: censorship resistance is baked in at the consensus layer, not dependent on validator politics.

Early internet domains made millionaires. Handshake TLDs could be the next big opportunity. Own entire top-level domains, not just subdomains. The land grab is happening now. #Handshake #Domains

Why should ICANN control the internet's root zone? Handshake creates a peer-to-peer alternative where no single entity decides what domains exist. The internet belongs to everyone. #DecentralizedDNS

Handshake ≠ ENS. ENS: subdomains of .eth, centralized around Ethereum contracts. Handshake: owns the root namespace itself, competing with .com, .org, .net. Different layers, different threats.

Why HNS matters: Proof-of-Work secures consensus Bidding + Vickrey auction avoids squatting DNSSEC baked in from genesis Names can be bridged to traditional DNS via recursive resolvers

Building on Handshake? The ecosystem needs more developers creating tools, resolvers, and applications. Help build the decentralized web's foundation. #HandshakeHNS #Developers #Web3

The internet was built to be free and open. Handshake $HNS is taking back control from centralized gatekeepers, domain ownership directly in the hands of users. No more censorship, no more single points of failure. True digital sovereignty starts with owning your namespace.

Bitcoin freed money. Handshake frees naming. Two choke points down. #DecentralizeEverything

An uncensorable name is the first step toward sovereignty online. #handshake

Privacy is power. Handshake protects it with cryptography, not bureaucracy.

Did you know that when names are auctioned on the Handshake Blockchain, the winner pays the second highest bid and that $HNS is burned? 🔥 Yep. Over 10.5 percent (71M HNS) of the circulating supply (670M) has been burned to date. 🔥

Airstop activates in 6 days. 👀 Congratulations to the Handshake believers. 🤝 shakeshift.com/signaling/ai...

China isolated itself from the global internet for an hour on Wednesday. The Great Firewall blocked all traffic to port 443 when Beijing had no clear reason to restrict its citizens' internet access. m.slashdot.org/story/445808

Free speech without uncensorable infrastructure is an illusion. Handshake makes it real.

When ICANN is your root, a phone call can delete you. When Handshake is your root, no one can. #Handshake #InternetFreedom

ICANN decides who gets a name. Handshake says you already own it. #Handshake #EndTheGatekeepers

They can’t seize what they can’t control. Handshake makes your domain untouchable. #Handshake #OwnYourName

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Central banks control your money. ICANN controls your name. Bitcoin removes their power over value. Handshake removes their power over identity. The internet’s choke points are falling. #Bitcoin #Handshake #Decentralization #EndTheGatekeepers

Handshake = DNS root secured by PoW, DNSSEC baked in, TLDs as on-chain assets, and DANE for cert-free TLS. No central root, no single point of failure. #Handshake #BlockchainDNS #Decentralization

Bitcoin made money sovereign. Handshake makes naming sovereign. Together they dismantle the two biggest choke points of the internet age: – Who controls value – Who controls identity The future doesn’t ask permission. #Bitcoin #Handshake #Decentralization

The decentralized root zone of the internet, known as the Handshake protocol is called a soft fork for the internet because it is backward compatible with the legacy internet and all of the ICANN TLDs (.com, .biz, .net etc) are reserved for claim by their owners. $HNS 🤝

When they can erase your name, they can erase your voice. Handshake makes sure they can’t. #Handshake #CensorshipResistance

Just like Bitcoin replaced the mint, Handshake replaces the root. #Handshake #Bitcoin

Own your money. Own your name. Own your voice. Bitcoin. Handshake. Nostr. #FreedomTech #Decentralization

A name on #HNS is a name carved in math, not penciled in by permission. #Handshake #CensorshipResistance

ICANN is the choke collar on the internet. Handshake cuts the leash. #Handshake #EndTheGatekeepers

One day, your phone will resolve Handshake by default. You won’t even call it “Handshake.” It’ll just be the internet. #Handshake #Future #Decentralization

Threshold has been reached 🥳 The soft fork will lock in once the remaining blocks in this period have been mined. Then there will be another 2016-block period until it activates. Airdrops can still be claimed for two more weeks (until block 292,320). Source: shakeshift.com/signaling/ai... $HNS

The internet doesn’t have to be controlled. Handshake proves it. #Handshake #Future #Freedom

It took Bitcoin 16 years to get close to mainstream adoption. Handshake is only just starting. Decentralized naming will feel “niche”… until one day it doesn’t. And when it clicks, it will be everywhere. #Handshake #Bitcoin #Decentralization

Handshake = DNS root on a PoW blockchain. Root zone secured by consensus, not ICANN. DNSSEC baked in at the protocol level. TLDs are UTXOs you control with a private key. Works with DANE → TLS without CAs. Resolve via hsd, Fingertip, or NextDNS. #Handshake #DNS #DANE

ICANN: “Trust us, we’ll take good care of your domain.” Also ICANN: Oops, we deleted it because someone important got mad. Handshake doesn’t care who’s mad. It just works, no board, no bias, no backdoors. #ICANN #Handshake #Decentralization #CensorshipResistance

You’re not too late, you’re right on time to help build the Free Web. #HandshakeProtocol

We are the Resistance 🤝

Own your money. Own your name. Own your voice. Bitcoin. Handshake. Nostr. No middlemen. No masters. Just freedom. #DecentralizeEverything #FreedomTech #Bitcoin #Handshake #Nostr

A new internet is possible. One where you own your name, your voice, your future. No gatekeepers. No rent. No permission slips. With Bitcoin, Handshake, and Nostr we’re not just fixing the web. We’re freeing it. #Handshake #Bitcoin #Nostr #FreedomTech #TheFutureIsOurs

The internet taught us to connect. Centralization taught us to ask permission. Bitcoin said “own your money.” Handshake says “own your name.” Nostr says “own your voice.” The future isn’t built on trust. It’s built on code. #Bitcoin #Handshake #Nostr #FreedomTech

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Your “secure” connection depends on 100+ random certificate authorities you’ve never heard of. If one breaks, they all do Handshake + DANE replaces trust with truth. No middlemen. No forged certificates. No state backdoors Root your security in math not politics #Handshake #DANE

You won’t realize how fragile the internet is until the day your domain vanishes. Not for breaking laws. For breaking narratives. Handshake isn’t for today’s internet. It’s for the one they can’t erase. #Handshake #CensorshipResistance #FreeSpeech #BuildTheNextWeb