Namebase founder and CEO Tieshun Roquerre joins us for a discussion of Handshake, decentralized DNS, and issues with the current system of domains. In this episode: 

• The core technical problem with DNS today
• Why a blockchain for a decentralized DNS system makes sense
• How Satoshi anticipated blockchain-based DNS with BitDNS
• Could a global PoW blockchain system accommodate all of the world's domains?
• How Handshake learned from Namecoin, ENS, and other attempts from blockchain based DNS and alternative root zones
• The distinction between ENS and Handshake
• Handshake's origin and launch – and how it ended up with such diffuse governance
• Where the nexuses of control are in the Handshake ecosystem
• How Handshake PoW security works
• The merits of embracing ASICs
• How the distribution of domains works
• What you can actually do with handshake domains
• The growing interoperability between handshake and decentralized storage like Sia