Founder • Handshake Australia (hns.au) | Decentralised Naming | #OwnTheDot ⚪️
Adelaide, South Australia
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What happens when a name already exists in one naming system, and someone later applies for that same string in another?
It’s a question I’ve been thinking about with the/
I suspect the owners of bitcoin/, wallet/ and agent/ may also be asking themselves the same thing.
As ICANN prepares for another round of new gTLD applications, perhaps the conversation about naming conflicts needs to happen before the dot appears.
ownthedot.com/articles/befor…
Own The Name | Own The Rules | Own The Dot.
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ICANN reveal day, what it means for https://the and other already ‘in use’ TLD names
🎯What happens when the same string exists in more than one naming system?
“Personally, I think it would be a shame if the future of Internet naming resulted in multiple independently controlled versions of the same top level name.”
Read more in my latest easy to understand article
Own The Name | Own The Rules | Own The Dot |
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It’s amazing that over 1,600 applicants are choosing to pursue new TLD extensions, when applications start at US$227,000 plus ongoing costs with no guarantee their extension will be accepted.
In the age of AI, the future of owning your own dot still looks very bright.
Erwin ⚪️
#OwnTheDot
#ICANN has confirmed the scale of the 2026 round, 1,616 new gTLD applications. $350M+ in application fees. — a massive expansion of the domain name space.
Brand TLDs, geographic strings, industry-specific extensions and more are now moving toward the next stage.
The next key moment:Reveal Day, expected no later than Oct. 14. Then comes a 104-day objection period after String Confirmation Day.
For domain investors and brands, this is more than a numbers game.
Which new extension could become the next .ai? 👀
The next chapter of the domain industry is about to begin.
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🎯What happens when the same string exists in more than one naming system?
“Personally, I think it would be a shame if the future of Internet naming resulted in multiple independently controlled versions of the same top level name.”
Read more in my latest easy to understand article
Own The Name | Own The Rules | Own The Dot |
What happens when a name already exists in one naming system, and someone later applies for that same string in another?
It’s a question I’ve been thinking about with the/
I suspect the owners of bitcoin/, wallet/ and agent/ may also be asking themselves the same thing.
As ICANN prepares for another round of new gTLD applications, perhaps the conversation about naming conflicts needs to happen before the dot appears.
ownthedot.com/articles/befor…
Own The Name | Own The Rules | Own The Dot.
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#OpenSource #Decentralisation
We ‘are’ moving forward..
Hopefully, governments forcing people to show ID just to get online might end up being the biggest push towards open source and decentralization we’ve seen.
People will just host their own instances with no third party to hand your ID to, or a company deciding whether you’re allowed to speak.
The more they try to control this stuff, the more reason people have to build things they can’t control.
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Erwin Groen ⚪️ retweeted
Privacy goes beyond your messages!
Discord is rolling out its revamped age-check system with over 90% of users not expected to need ID verification
It estimates users' age groups using signals from their activity and account 🫣
A great reminder of how much metadata can reveal about you.
An update on how we confirm your age group on Discord from @svishnevskiy. Read the full blog here: discord.com/blog/safer-for-t…
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Domain names; It’s all about using and bringing the two extensions together effectively.
How is your business placed moving forward?
Read more in my article below 👇
Erwin | ⚪ #OwnTheDot | OwnTheDot.com
A .com and a Handshake name do not have to compete. Used together, they can strengthen how people find, recognise and understand your digital identity.
ownthedot.com/articles/bette…
Erwin ⚪️ #OwnTheDot
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Erwin Groen ⚪️ retweeted
A .com and a Handshake name do not have to compete. Used together, they can strengthen how people find, recognise and understand your digital identity.
ownthedot.com/articles/bette…
Erwin ⚪️ #OwnTheDot
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ICANN COMMENT PERIOD CLOSES ON LINKING GTLDS WITH ALTERNATIVE NAMING SYSTEMS
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ICANN’s proposed framework would keep matching names under the same controller across the DNS and integrated alternative systems. Commenters are questioning its security safeguards, policy implications and treatment of competing claims.
Learn more:
circleid.com/posts/icann-com…
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What Will a Domain Name Be in Ten Years?
What Will a Domain Name Be in Ten Years?
Domain names may be moving beyond web addresses and toward: identity. What happens when names become the anchor for people, businesses and AI agents?
#hns #handshake #whatsinaname #web3 #decentralizednaming
More in my latest article 👇
ownthedot.com/articles/what-…
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Erwin Groen ⚪️ retweeted
👀 Handshake was the first to submit the code to integrate into the @RosenBridge_erg via the contribution standards guide.
👀 As of today, all pull requests have been approved and MERGED for HNS - RosenBridge integration and the birth of rsHNS.
Testing should begin next week!
🎇 RELEASE - Rosen Contribution Standard!
We have released our documented process for chains to integrate into the Rosen network!
Tag your favorite project, more info below!
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What Will a Domain Name Be in Ten Years?
Domain names may be moving beyond web addresses and toward: identity. What happens when names become the anchor for people, businesses and AI agents?
#hns #handshake #whatsinaname #web3 #decentralizednaming
More in my latest article 👇
ownthedot.com/articles/what-…
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Name 🟰 accountability 🟰 trust 🟰 🤝
Every AI agent today has a strange property:
It doesn’t own its name.
Switch hosts and the reputation, history, and trust reset to zero.The platform owns the identity.The agent doesn’t.
A portable Handshake name flips that.
Intelligence can move. Identity stays yours.
learnhns.com/blog/ai-platfor…
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To have Miles join you on your journey(s) will be a great experience for him 💯
💪 The hardening continues: Miles will study on a Bangkok work trip as we start Snapchum, HeadlessDomains is in public beta on Base USDC after 3 agent transactions, and I am teaching the CBS brain to outgrow my memory.
See what’s behind this week’s update mikesblog.com/posts/now20260…
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What is the Handshake protocol?
Why do I keep tweeting x’ing about it?
Why does he think that this DNS works, alongside ICANN’s DNS?
Why you should think about obtaining your HNS name
Below is a link to a series of articles I’ve made to answer some of the questions you might have
ownthedot.com/articles
at the end of the day ‘freedom’ is your choice to make ⚪️
Erwin
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My grandfather once spoke to me about what can happen when governments stop simply recognising people and begin systematically identifying, categorising and tracking them.
History gives us extreme examples of where that thinking can lead.
in 2026, governments around the world are rapidly expanding digital identity and verification systems.
The tech is different. The circumstances are different. But the question is still worth asking:
At what point does identification stop being about convenience and start becoming about control?
Erwin
#OwnTheDot
Revolut didn’t get “hacked.”
It handed customers’ IDs, addresses, account numbers, transaction histories, selfies and more to an unauthorized third party after receiving a fake government request.
That’s the real KYC problem: once companies are forced to collect your most sensitive data, you’re trusting them to protect it for years.
More ID checks = more leaks.
Yet, governments are constantly pushing for more ID checks to access basic aspects of daily life, like social media...
reclaimthenet.org/revolut-le…
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