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An experimental peer-to-peer root naming system.

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Handshake (HNS) is a decentralized, peer-to-peer, permissionless naming protocol that aims to provide an alternative to centrally managed domain names, like . COM and the many other generic and country-code domains.

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The Domain Name System (DNS) is the Internet's system for mapping alphabetic names to numeric Internet Protocol (IP) addresses like a phone book maps a person's name to a phone number.
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Pricing

Namecheap
  • Not censorship resistant
  • Web2 Family
  • Domain Rent
Starting from $5/y
Handshake Domains
  • No censorship
  • Full ownership of the domain
  • Support for dApps
  • Benefits from its blockchain base
Starting from $0.01
Ens.domains
  • No censorship
  • Full ownership of the domain
  • Support for dApps
  • Domain Rent
Starting from $5/y + gas