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id: "handshake"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "Handshake"
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category: "Alternative naming systems"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
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# Handshake

A blockchain project that runs its own root of top-level names, separate from the root zone managed through IANA. Its names work only with special resolvers or software. Handshake is not part of the DNS root.

## related terms

- [alternative root](https://tldlog.com/glossary/alternative-root/)
- [blockchain domain](https://tldlog.com/glossary/blockchain-domain/)
- [ENS](https://tldlog.com/glossary/ens/)