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Re:Show HN: No Signup, Yet, Authenticated Posts by jakear on Friday December 31, 2021 @07:55PM (#29754264)
So handshake.org seems to be the authoritative source on everything handshake, and it has several lengthy posts describing how using anything but it and things it vouches for to interact with handshake is about the absolute dumbest thing a person could possibly do [1]. And while namebase.io looks like it might provide an incredibly intuitive "getting started with handshake" experience, it's not vouched for by handshake.org. Can you explain why using namebase.io to mint a handshake name isn't the dumbest thing I could possibly do?

[1] https://handshake.org/claim/

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Re:Show HN: No Signup, Yet, Authenticated Posts by publiush on Friday December 31, 2021 @08:15PM (#29754413)
The instructions you pasted are for claiming a name that was pre-reserved when Handshake launched [1]. This is different from creating and obtaining a new name on the blockchain.

[1] https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-names

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Re:Show HN: No Signup, Yet, Authenticated Posts by jakear on Friday December 31, 2021 @08:21PM (#29754445)
Are you implying people should feel free to create and obtain a new name on the blockchain using any random website? Also I do not see the list of popular GH names in the link you provided.
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Re:Show HN: No Signup, Yet, Authenticated Posts by publiush on Friday December 31, 2021 @08:35PM (#29754546)
> Are you implying people should feel free to create and obtain a new name on the blockchain using any random website? Also I do not see the list of popular GH names in the link you provided.

The popular names are in the names folder.

I wouldn't recommend obtaining a new name from any random website. I don't think I did so. I'm going to avoid continuing this thread as gaslighting isn't usually something one would wish to engage in, obviously on the receiving end, but on the creator's end too.

I hope you are able to find peace in the next year.

Happy new year to you.

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