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  Get your Top Level Domain Register on Namebase Handshake names are decentralized top-level domains. As part of the decentralized web movement, is taking the Internet back from the handful of corporations who currently own it and placing it into the hands of the people by dismantling ICANN's monopoly on top-level domains (.com, .org, .io are all top-level domains controlled by ICANN). Controlling the spreadsheet is a single entity called ICANN. They alone dictate whether you’re allowed to have a top-level domain. So if you want to add a row on the spreadsheet for yourname  you'd need to submit an application and pay a fee for ICANN to review your request. What this means is the entire domain name system that everyone uses around the world is effectively controlled at its core by a single organization, ICANN. Handshake changes this by moving the spreadsheet onto a decentralized blockchain that nobody controls, so now anyone can get a top-level domain. Español Los nombres ...