Show HN: Bob – A GUI for DNS Record Management and Name Auctions on Handshake
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Re: Show HN: Bob – A GUI for DNS Record Management and Name Auctions on Handshake
#2Can someone ELI5 on what this is? What are Name Auctions on Handshake?
Re: Show HN: Bob – A GUI for DNS Record Management and Name Auctions on Handshake
#3How cool! Sorry to ask an unrelated question: I saw something about how people shouldn't perform airdrop claims on Handshake mainnet yet because transfers are still disabled, is that still true?
Re: Show HN: Bob – A GUI for DNS Record Management and Name Auctions on Handshake
#4Can someone ELI5 on what this is? What are Name Auctions on Handshake?
Handshake's a new blockchain based DNS replacement, and auctions are the way people buy domain names (actually domain TLDs) on it.
Re: Show HN: Bob – A GUI for DNS Record Management and Name Auctions on Handshake
#5So another random coin that isn't actually going to solve anything because it's just being thrown at a problem randomly like blockchain always is. Nice.
Re: Show HN: Bob – A GUI for DNS Record Management and Name Auctions on Handshake
#6Can someone ELI5 on what this is? What are Name Auctions on Handshake?
A thread from yesterday on Handshake:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22310604
Re: Show HN: Bob – A GUI for DNS Record Management and Name Auctions on Handshake
#7So another random coin that isn't actually going to solve anything because it's just being thrown at a problem randomly like blockchain always is. Nice.
No no, this one is not an ICO, it's a privately funded currency that was given away for free to anyone who had a popular account on Github!
Re: Show HN: Bob – A GUI for DNS Record Management and Name Auctions on Handshake
#8So another random coin that isn't actually going to solve anything because it's just being thrown at a problem randomly like blockchain always is. Nice.
Not really. Compared to the average blockchain project handshake.org has some thinking behind it and is attempting to solve a real problem (e.g. recent capitalist take over of .org tld)
Re: Show HN: Bob – A GUI for DNS Record Management and Name Auctions on Handshake
#9So another random coin that isn't actually going to solve anything because it's just being thrown at a problem randomly like blockchain always is. Nice.
DNS tlds as they exist today are in centralized control by ICANN, a California public benefit corporation. Recently, activity originating from ICANN including removing price caps on .org [1] and the .org billion dollar sale [2] have brought the community to alarm [3].
SSL certificates can be issued by any of the CAs. Multiple CAs can issue SSL certificates for the same namespace. This has led to some activity that has weakened internet security [4].
Handshake gives control of the root zone away from ICANN, a California corporation, to the blockchain and community consensus and strengthens internet security, removing trust from the equation as everything is verifiable on chain. Applying blockchain in this way uniquely solves these problems and gives control over the internet that we all love, back to the people.
[1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/icann-eliminates...
[2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-internet-domain-sale/inte...
[3] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/12/global-ngo-community-d...
[4] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/alrea...
Re: Show HN: Bob – A GUI for DNS Record Management and Name Auctions on Handshake
#10How cool! Sorry to ask an unrelated question: I saw something about how people shouldn't perform airdrop claims on Handshake mainnet yet because transfers are still disabled, is that still true?
Yes, this is true, but the transfers are being enabled later today (evening Pacific).
Transfers will be enabled on Block 2016, and blocks are ~every 10 minutes - right now ~1960.
https://hnscan.com/?page=/blocks
If you are reading this on Feb 15th or afterwards, claims and auctions are working. Non-custodial options are Bob and using cli. Namebase is the only custodial option right now.