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.
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Apr 2, 2021 at 9:02 p.m. UTC
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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 level of decentralization.
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Jan 14, 2021 at 5:56 p.m. UTC
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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.
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Jan 12, 2021 at 12:00 a.m. UTC
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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.
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Oct 17, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
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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.
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Jun 22, 2020 at 10:00 p.m. UTC
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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!
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May 28, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
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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?
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May 28, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
May 28, 2020
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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.
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Feb 4, 2020 at 8:10 p.m. UTC
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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?
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Dec 13, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 13, 2019
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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.
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Aug 2, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
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