Put those names to good use and add value to the ecosystem! — If you’ve ever launched a website on the “legacy” internet, the process probably went something like this: Search for an available, memorable name on GoDaddy and rent it from them Launch a Digital Ocean Droplet (or other cloud server) and get an IP address Go back to GoDaddy and paste…

TLSA records, SSL Certificates, and the future of browsing the Handshake-enabled web. — Handshake is a proof-of-work blockchain designed to secure a decentralized DNS root zone and certificate authority. Most Handshake users have figured out the DNS stuff already. …

A deep dive into the cryptographic process of giving away free stuff. Money & Names There are two types of assets stored in the Handshake blockchain: money and names. Money is encoded in Handshake the same way it is in Bitcoin: there is a set of valid transaction outputs (UTXOs or “coins”) that…

2018 was a big year for the bcoin project. We finally removed that -beta and released a solid v1.0.0! How did we get there, and what’s on the roadmap for this year? Let’s take a look. The 2018 bcoin story We had a lot on our roadmap for last year. …