The First Handshake of the Metaverse's Root Anchor

“Handshake (HNS) is a decentralized drop-in root anchor for DNS and public PoW blockchain. This piece was a collaboration between Andre O’Shea and Steven D. McKie to showcase a meeting of worlds as the digital melds with the physical, w/ names on Handshake as the root of the now growing decentralized web. As the technical centerpiece for the “New Internet”, HNS is an example of what the hard work of enlightened idealists can do for the greater good when we all work together.

Collaborator Bios:

Andre Oshea: A 28 year old 3D generalist and animator living in Atlanta Georgia. He's worked on many kinds of projects with a wide range of clients including Adult Swim, Snapchat, Tidal, and John Legend. He recently began to explore more of my personal creative interests via NFTs, which has been a powerful creative release for me.

Steven McKie: CEO & Founding Partner of Amentum Capital; helped launch the HNS chain via HandyOSS which mined block #1 - also crypto writer/podcast host.