hns_welcome.md

🤝 HANDSHAKE (HNS) GENERAL CHAT - START HERE
Last audited: July 15, 2026 from Jaron
Last edited: August 8, 2026 from pcfreak30

Handshake is decentralized. There is no single official foundation, company, spokesperson, website, or permanent canonical repository. Community projects below are independent.

⚠️ SECURITY
Admins and support will never DM first, request remote access, or offer an OTC trade.
Never share your seed phrase, private key, password, or API key.
Verify domains, repositories, release signatures/checksums, and app publishers before installing software or sending funds.

📚 START HERE
• Project homepage (https://handshake.org/)
• Beginner guides and documentation (https://learnhns.com/)
• Maintained ecosystem directory (https://learnhns.com/services/)
• Legacy FAQ archive (https://handypedia.org/en/faq) (some entries are outdated)

💼 WALLETS AND NAME MANAGEMENT
• Bob LearnHNS 2026 desktop build (https://bobwallet.org/download/) (beta)
• Bob source (https://github.com/bob-wallet/bob-wallet)
• Bob support (https://t.me/bobwallet)
• Ledger HNS app (https://github.com/handshake-org/ledger-app-hns)
• FireWallet HSD frontend (https://github.com/Nathanwoodburn/firewalletbrowser) (experimental)
• Namebase registrar/registry (https://www.namebase.io/)
• Previous Namebase migration (https://sunset.namebase.io/)
• LearnHNS name market (https://market.learnhns.com/)
• Name lookup and management (https://hns.id/)

🖥 NODES, PROTOCOL, AND DEVELOPMENT
• HSD - JavaScript full/SPV node and wallet (https://github.com/handshake-org/hsd)
• handshake-node - Go full-node release candidate (https://github.com/blinklabs-io/handshake-node); no wallet
• HNSD - C SPV resolver/light client (https://github.com/handshake-org/hnsd)
• HSD developer documentation (https://hsd-dev.org/)
• HSD API documentation (https://hsd-dev.org/api-docs/)
• FireHSD public API source (https://github.com/Nathanwoodburn/firehsd)
• Handshake Improvement Proposals (https://github.com/handshake-org/HIPs)
• Handshake GitHub organization (https://github.com/handshake-org)
• Developer chat (https://t.me/hns_tech)
• GitHub activity feed (https://t.me/handshake_github)

🌐 ACCESS, DNS, AND DANE
• HNSDNS (https://hnsdns.com/) - simple, privacy-focused access to Handshake names
• HNS DANE Browser for Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.denuoweb.hnsdane)
• HNS DANE Browser source (https://github.com/Denuo-Web/hns-dane-browser-android)
• SkyInclude desktop browser (https://skyinclude.com/browser/) (pre-release)
• HNSGo Android SPV resolver (https://github.com/Acktarius/HNSGo) (experimental)
• Fingertip desktop resolver and DANE (https://github.com/imperviousinc/fingertip) (experimental/legacy)
• HNSDoH community resolver (https://welcome.hnsdoh.com/)
• Easy HNS resolver and setup guides (https://easyhns.com/)
• Self-hosted resolver guide (https://github.com/HNSDNS/service-info)
• DANE/TLSA record generator (https://hns.denuoweb.com/dane-generator/)
• HNS Live domain directory (https://hns.denuoweb.com/hns-live/)
• HNS network topology visualization (https://hns.denuoweb.com/hns-topology/)

🌍 HOSTING AND DECENTRALIZED WEB
• Pinner (https://pinner.xyz/host) - decentralized hosting (IPFS) built for websites on Handshake names

🔎 EXPLORERS, STATS, AND MINING
• ShakeShift explorer (https://shakeshift.com/)
• Supply and network statistics (https://shakeshift.com/stats)
• Halvings and emission schedule (https://shakeshift.com/halvings)
• Pools and hashrate (https://shakeshift.com/pools)
• HNSFans explorer (https://e.hnsfans.com/)

📰 LEARNING AND MEDIA
• LearnHNS (https://learnhns.com/)
• SkyInclude news and guides (https://skyinclude.com/)
• Own The Dot (https://ownthedot.com/)

💬 COMMUNITY
• General Telegram (https://t.me/handshake_hns)
• Discord (https://handshake.org/discord)
• Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/handshake)
• IRC (https://web.libera.chat/#handshake)
• Matrix bridge (https://matrix.to/#/#handshake:libera.chat)

🌍 REGIONAL AND LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES
• Australia (https://hns.au/)
• Canada (https://hnscanada.ca/)
• China / HNSFans (https://hnsfans.com/)
• Italian Telegram (https://t.me/handshake_hns_italia)
• German Telegram (https://t.me/handshake_de)
• Spanish Telegram (https://t.me/HNSes)
• Vietnamese Telegram (https://t.me/hnsvietnamese)
• Russian Telegram (https://t.me/handshake_hns_RU)

Activity varies by community.

🚫 BAN / REMOVE
Scams, impersonation, spam, unsolicited DMs, OTC buying/selling, repeated promotion, harassment, disrespect, or persistent off-topic disruption.

Keep support discussions public. Report broken or unsafe links to the admins.