Namebase is a marketplace and onramp platform built around the Handshake naming protocol, enabling users to buy, sell, and bid on Handshake names as well as acquire and use HNS, the native coin powering name auctions and transaction fees. Namebase's Twitter Score is 49 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #18,495 (top 5%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.
Namebase serves as a primary entry point into the Handshake ecosystem, which decentralizes the DNS root zone file using a blockchain so that domain ownership is held directly by users rather than centralized registrars. Through Namebase, participants can bid on top-level Handshake names in on-chain auctions, with HNS used both to place bids and to cover network fees.
Namebase also offers WHNS, an ERC-20 token backed one-to-one with HNS, allowing holders to use their Handshake coin value within Ethereum-compatible environments. The platform additionally maintains a Namebase Help Center to support users navigating the Handshake naming system. Namebase has published 3,067 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 124 accounts a total of 363 times.
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The accounts that follow Namebase include 170 founders, 60 angel investors, 80 influencers and 4 VCs, among them Laura Shin, Fred Ehrsam, Robert Leshner, Dan Robinson, Paradigm and Jeremy Allaire - jerallaire.arc.