HNS Chat – New tool to chat using your Handshake Name
Update - HNS chat does work on-chain TLD
https://twitter.com/hnschat/status/1498133899356090372 Thanks to @michelini I found a bug in verifying the TXT record if on the blockchain instead of a nameserver. If anyone else has their verification code on chain and it hasn't been working for you give it another shot 🙂
The power of a decentralized community has never been stronger! Have seen a developer come out with a nice way to use your Handshake name - HNS Chat
On Handshake:
https://hnschat/
On the old internet:
Hns.chat/
Some notes on how to set it up
If using the “root” TLD (or if you are using a SLD where you cannot edit the TLD)
Just put @ symbol.
If using a sub level domain (SLD) (name.TLD)
And you own/control the TLD in the same screen, put the
Note - this is a DNS update on a local DNS server, not on The Handshake blockchain
It is worth noting - this TXT record needs to be added on your local Namebase DNS or other DNS records (like Sinpa or your own custom name server) . I thought I had to put it on the blockchain, but it wasn’t verifying that way.
Here’s how it will look on Namebase domain settings
![hnschat1](https://skyinclude.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/289/2022/02/hnschat1.png)
Here’s how it will look in Sinpa
Watch our video at Skyinclude.com/sinpa for tutorial
![hnschat-sinpa](https://skyinclude.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/289/2022/02/hnschat-sinpa.png)
Here’s how it looks on Gateway.io
![hnschat-gateway](https://skyinclude.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/289/2022/02/hnschat-gateway.png)