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DESCRIPTION:Most people never buy a domain name\, but everybody uses them. 
 Every address you type\, every link you click\, every search result you fo
 llow is a request that gets answered by somebody. That somebody is a regis
 try\, and which registries exist at all is decided in a single root zone f
 ile maintained by ICANN. Your browser trusts that chain without asking\, a
 nd so do you.\n\nSome of you will know all this\, so I won't dwell on it. 
 The point is that a website can be made unreachable without being altered 
 or taken down. A court order\, a policy decision or a commercial choice at
  the registry level is enough\, and the effect reaches everyone who tries 
 to visit\, including search engines.\n\nHandshake is a decentralised namin
 g protocol that replaces the root of that system with a public blockchain.
  Names are owned outright rather than leased\, issued by open auction inst
 ead of by committee\, and secured by proof of work rather than by trust in
  an institution. It runs alongside the internet you already use\, not inst
 ead of it.\n\nNo prior knowledge of DNS needed. If you understand why you'
 d hold your own keys\, you'll understand why you'd want the same for the n
 ames you rely on every day.
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LOCATION:Cotton Theatre - Freedom Stage
SUMMARY:Handshake: The Foundation Of A Decentralized Internet - Tendo
URL:https://pretalx.bitfest.uk/bitfest-2026/talk/ENGVEX/
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