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Website: https://titansofdata.org/handshake/hns-development-fund/
Website alias if you have a handshake resolver - http://handshake.influencer/
## What Is The Handshake Development Fund?
[Handshake](https://handshake.org) is a completely community-run decentralized blockchain built to dismantle [ICANN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN)'s monopoly on top-level domains (.com, .net, .org, .io, etc. are all top-level domains controlled by ICANN, who charges an [$185,000 evaluation fee](https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/global-support/faqs/faqs-en) for new ones) and [improve internet security by replacing Certificate Authorities](https://learn.namebase.io/about-handshake/about-handshake/more-secure-internet). Read this 2-minute article for a quick introduction to Handshake: [Why are we still renting domains?](https://medium.com/@jaywuzer/why-are-we-still-renting-domains-eefd45a4de1c) You can also read the [Handshake whitepaper](https://hsd-dev.org/files/handshake.txt) for a deeper dive.
**This community run development fund is the only source of non-VC, non-dilutive, grants funding in the HNS community. Our goal is to support and empower our fellow open source developers and creators in their mission to create a free and open internet.**
[Handshake also helps protect and decentralize Ethereum](https://medium.com/blockchannel/on-symbiotic-protocols-cb0e95de4729) at the internet level.
## Development Fund Structure
* 80% of funds go to independent creators and core devs working on the HNS stack on a monthly basis. I will maintain a spreadsheet of recipients, the grant transactions, and announce recipients every month in The Shake.
* 20% of funds will be held in reserve to fund bounties that tackle big/long term projects on the core protocol. If we cannot give away the full 80% of monthly grants, those funds will be rolled over into this reserve. Reserves are held in a separate wallet(TK insert wallet address) for easier accounting and management.
**View multisig on [Etherscan](https://etherscan.io/address/0xd25A803E24FFd3C0033547BE04D8C43FFBa7486b).**
## Grant Recipients
We are open to giving grants to anyone working in the Handshake community. We primarily focus on these areas:
- Core Handshake protocol
- Wallets
- Domain management tools (e.g. registries, DNS records)
- Browser integrations
- Auction tools
- Educational content
- Identity solutions
- Community growth
#### We are fully transparent about all [past recipients](https://airtable.com/shrt05N5ekWcGo2WZ/tblddNqoV5ASt3CS3) and all [potential candidates](https://airtable.com/shrq9kkATPM9f4DsF/tblqMAHMg7wE8QnT3).
#### You can apply for funding by filling out this [form](https://airtable.com/shrxdvbJYzhvKElgL).
## Development Fund Advisors
At the moment it's just me but I hope others in the Handshake community will reach out and we can create a multisig/DAO.
Who am I? Just your friendly neighborhood anarchist :) I'm a Link Marine, Etherean, Handshaker, et. all. I suggested Handshake devs make their own grants but they were unwilling for various reasons so I’m taking it upon myself to get funding for them. I’m in crypto because I don’t want to trust the people I’m giving my money to but in donating to this grant, you will have to trust me to do the right thing with your money. It’s hypocritical but it’s the most frictionless way to get funding to the various independent contributors in the Handshake community. I would make a DAO but Handshake peeps aren’t really on Ethereum. I believe the Handshake community is building a core component to a trustless, censorship resistant, and open internet and want to make sure they get the funding they need to do so.
### You can come join the Handshake community on the [Namer discord](https://discord.com/invite/V3aTrkp).
### Subscribe to [The Shake](theshake.substack.org) to stay updated on Handshake Developer Fund recipients.
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## Handshake FOSS Airdrop
This is information is unrelated to the grant but might be valuable to you :)
$10.2M was raised for Handshake, all of which was then [donated to the FOSS community](https://handshake.org/grant-sponsors/). Furthermore, to encourage open source developers to build on Handshake, a [decentralized airdrop of about 4,200 Handshake tokens](https://github.com/handshake-org/hs-airdrop#how-it-works) (~$700 @ $0.15) each was also created for ~175,000 Github developers to claim. If you had 15 or more followers on GitHub during the week of February 4th, 2019, chances are you’re eligible for the airdrop, which you can use Namebase’s [airdrop claim tool](https://www.namebase.io/airdrop) for.