Place/Date: S.A.R, HONG KONG - March 9th, 2021 at 5:01 pm UTC · 3 min read
Photo: Handshake
HandyCon, the world’s first conference dedicated to the ground-breaking Handshake decentralized domain name protocol, will take place online March 10th through March 11th, 2021 Eastern Standard Time (EST). Presented by the dWeb Foundation, more than 36 speakers will be featured including founders of the Handshake protocol, key platforms like Namebase.io, investors like Vinny Lingham (Multicoin, Civic), and luminaries from the traditional Domain Name industry like Andrew Roesner (Media Options, sold zoom.com, x.com).
Backed by notable firms like a16z, Sequoia, Founder’s Fund, Polychain and Kenetic, Handshake protocol is designed to address issues of centralization and censorship at the root domain level, allowing users to own their own Top Level Domain. This event will showcase the latest use cases of Handshake as well as practical solutions to achieving widespread adoption, from inve