Are Uncensorable Web Domains Blockchain’s Next Killer App? With Namebase CEO Tieshun Roquerre

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As claims of election tampering, fraud, and other dubious activities fly around the botched Democratic Caucus in Iowa, trust in our public institutions continues to crater. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The question of trust and censorship are at the heart of our episode today. Handshake is a new protocol for uncensorable web domains. The goal is to create a new blockchain-based Top Level Domain system that governments can’t censor or block. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To explain why Handshake (HNS) matters, @nlw is joined by Tieshun Roquerre, the CEO of Namebase, a next-generation domain registrar for HNS. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this interview, they discuss: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Handshake is </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How a HNS domain is different from a standard web domain </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why uncensorable web domains are the next great blockchain killer app </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Roquerre became interested in the space</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Namebase works </span></li> </ul>