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Decentralized DNS Project Handshake Patches Inflation Bug
Given its severity, the team had to coordinate with miners to fix the flaw with an emergency soft fork.
By
Colin Harper
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Apr 2, 2021 at 9:02 p.m. UTC
Apr 2, 2021
Bug
Handshake
Tech
Decentralization
Sci-Hub Leaves Handshake Blockchain After 2 Days, Citing Centralization Concerns
Sci-Hub, a pirate library of academic papers censored by Twitter, PayPal and domain systems, left the distributed domain platform Handshake after two days, unsatisfied by the...
By
Anna Baydakova
Sponsored
Jan 14, 2021 at 5:56 p.m. UTC
Jan 14, 2021
Decentralization
Handshake
Tech
Web 3.0
Pirated Academic Database Sci-Hub Is Now on the ‘Uncensorable Web’
Sci-Hub, a pirate database of academic papers using bitcoin for funding, has joined the distributed domain names network Handshake.
By
Colin Harper
Anna Baydakova
Sponsored
Jan 12, 2021 at 12:00 a.m. UTC
Jan 12, 2021
Web 3.0
Handshake
Policy
Politics
Cryptocurrency Is Just a Minor Threat to the State
States still have the armies, the police and – on a good day anyway – democratic legitimacy. All of that still matters, and will for a long time.
By
Steven McKie
Sponsored
Oct 17, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 17, 2020
Politics
Bitcoin
Government
Opinion
Handshake
Tech
Web 3.0
Handshake Goes Live With an Uncensorable Internet Browser
Handshake minimizes the role of centralized entities in the internet’s basic infrastructure. First, it was a new domain system. Now it's a browser.
By
Daniel Kuhn
Sponsored
Jun 22, 2020 at 10:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 22, 2020
Web 3.0
DNS
Handshake
Evergreen
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Minecraft
Bitcoin News Roundup for May 28, 2020
Goldman talks down cryptocurrencies while Minecraft boots up tokenized assets. It's another episode of Markets Daily from CoinDesk!
By
Adam B. Levine
John Biggs
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May 28, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
May 28, 2020
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Handshake Exchange Sees $10M in Token Trades as Race for Censorship-Resistant Websites Heats Up
During the coronavirus crisis, Handshake may be the leading free-speech-oriented crypto project. But is it just beginner’s luck?
By
Leigh Cuen
Sponsored
May 28, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
May 28, 2020
Blockchain
DNS
Crypto
Handshake
Markets
Censorship
Handshake's Uncensorable Web Domains Go Live on Mainnet
Namebase CEO Tieshun Roquerre joins @nlw to talk about why uncensorable web domains matter as Handshake goes live to mainnet.
By
Nathaniel Whittemore
Sponsored
Feb 4, 2020 at 8:10 p.m. UTC
Feb 4, 2020
Censorship
Handshake
Podcasts
The Breakdown
Finance
Ethereum
Can 'Dogfooding' Altcoins Find Real Users in 2020?
Dogfooding - or using your own product - is normal among crypto startups. Is it indicative of a lack of real demand?
By
Leigh Cuen
Sponsored
Dec 13, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 13, 2019
Ethereum
Bitcoin
Handshake
Year in Review 2019
Markets
Venture capital
Handshake Revealed: VCs Back Plan to Give Away $100 Million in Crypto
Handshake plans to replace the digital entities that authenticate web payments, in the process rewarding those who built the web's infrastructure.
By
Pete Rizzo
Sponsored
Aug 2, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Aug 2, 2018
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