Resolve Web3-Adresses - HNS, ENS and SNS

Xytronix · 2025-04-21T16:12:25+00:00

I am looking for native resolving of decentralized domains according to Web3.

Based on the current trends I recommend Orion to resolve the following:

HNS (Handshake) https://handshake.org
ENS (Ethereum Name Service) https://ens.domains
Unstoppable Domains (crypto, nft, wallet) https://unstoppabledomains.com
SNS (Solana Name Service) https://www.sns.id/

Benefits:
Orion can be more attractive for web3 users which value anonymous and censorship resistant search.

Orion may support decentralized content (IPFS, Airweave, Shadow Drive, Swarm, Skynet) and Onion routing which may be shown with a popup dialog that asks to open the site with Tor.

Usage Data

Unstoppable Domains: 4M domains
ENS: 2.8M domains, 886K users
HNS: 11.3M domains
SNS: 230K domains, 100K users

Integration:

Autocompletion of domain names
Resolve and preview IPFS content
Cross linking to .onion (Tor Browser)

Resolvers:

HNS Resolver
ENS Resolver , Unstoppable Domains
Bonfida SNS Resolver, Solana RPC API
ENS and UD: Resolution Service API

Decentralized:

eirk · 2025-04-22T00:32:05+00:00

perhaps https://orionfeedback.org/d/208-alternative-web-protocols
and https://orionfeedback.org/d/88-add-tor-onion-support
are what you're looking for

Xytronix · 2025-04-22T06:00:18+00:00

eirk those are different protocols.

Nnrpow · 2025-04-22T14:18:39+00:00

If you're seeking a browser to resolve Handshake (HNS) domains, consider Carbon or Aloha.
In the past, a Chromium-based browser called Beacon supported ICANN, HNS, and ENS resolution, but it has been deprecated.
https://github.com/imperviousinc/beacon

An ideal solution would be browser integration with SANE (Stateless DANE) for secure Web3 browsing.
https://github.com/randomlogin/sane

ICANN, HNS, and ENS are compatible, and I believe SNS is as well. The .onion TLD was reserved for Tor on HNS but is locked after the claim period ended, pending a potential hard fork.
Source: https://shakeshift.com/name/onion

Unstoppable Domains is not compatible with HNS or ICANN, as it frequently creates new TLDs out of thin air . Its more a NFT than a domain.

Xytronix · 2025-05-01T20:43:42+00:00

If there is a duplicate entry the user may either choose a preferred name service before or be shown a dialog to select from. This may resolve the potential hurdles implementing Unstoppable Domains.

For onion either the popup I mentioned or using a gateway at your own risk https://www.tor2web.org/