THELOGICALINDIAN - Jehan Chu who owns 1300 Handshake domains will be able to affair an absolute cardinal of subdomains beneath the NFT extension
The Previous Owner Bought Extension for Less Than $600
Amid the assemblage in above cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, non-fungible tokens (NFT) accept accomplished an access in interest, echoed by Hashmasks’ contempo allotment campaign, which raised 7,600 ETH in barter for over 15,300 agenda collectible cards.
Non-fungible tokens, which are finer different tokens advised to represent a distinct asset, whether agenda or physical, accept become the gold accepted for advertence blockchain buying to agenda art and added collectibles.
To accouter the growing absorption in these tokens and the advancing analysis of their capabilities in added areas like accounts and culture, Kenetic Founder and Managing Partner Jehan Chu spent a almanac $84,000, amounting to about 680,000 Handshake (HNS) tokens, to acquirement the .NFT web area extension.
The accretion finer allows Chu, who has reportedly accumulated added than 1,300 Handshake domains, to use the Handshake blockchain to affair an absolute cardinal of subdomains beneath the .NFT extension. The booming bazaar these tokens accept spawned underscores the abeyant that Chu envisions for NFT’s future.
According to Chu:
Beyond his affairs in the area arena, Chu has been an alive actor and backer in the amplitude afterwards accommodating in alignment the NFT bargain of Robert Alice’s art pieces with above bargain abode Christie’s. Moreover, he orchestrated the aboriginal all-around NFT Conference in 2018 blue-blooded “Nifty.”
The transaction with Chu brokered by area agent exchange Nambase.io complex the aboriginal client Ryan Ramirez, who initially bid 8,602 HNS for the extension. He won the extension’s auction, advantageous the abutting accomplished bid of 4,096 (approximately $592 at the time of publication).
Handshake, which serves as a decentralized domains agent agreement employing a proof-of-work blockchain, makes top-level area names accessible absolute in perpetuity instead of the anniversary rental fees commonplace in today’s web environment. The account additionally allows users to own area extensions, as is the case with the .NFT addendum purchased by Chu.
Among the advantages is the added accuracy back behest on domains, a added absolute acclimatization appear privacy, bigger advice security, and censorship-resistant properties. The latest almanac amount for a Handshake area follows a cord of added record-setting sales in the aftermost few months afterward the .wallet extension, which sold for 350,000 HNS. Although Handshake handles antecedent auctions, Namebase.io is the alone exchange that currently facilitates trading in these domains.
“An uncensorable NFT area on Handshake is an invaluable asset and belvedere for the approaching of art and bookish property,” Chu concludes. “The possibilities of the NFT area are endless, from decentralized nft galleries to authoritative branded NFT subdomains like art.nft and crypto.nft accessible for hire or sale.”
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