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title: "Handshake (HNS) price, heat score and market data"
symbol: "HNS"
name: "Handshake"
coingecko_id: "handshake"
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heat_score: "26"
heat_band: "COOL"
market_cap_rank: "2751"
price_as_of: "2026-08-14"
last_updated: "2026-08-14"
source: "CoinGecko / DefiLlama / alternative.me"
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disclaimer: "Information only; not investment advice or a recommendation to trade"
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# Handshake (HNS)

Handshake (HNS) trades at $0.00164256, up 34.3% over the past 30 days. Its market cap — supply times price — is $1.1M, the 2751-largest in crypto. Over a year it is -85% (down), and it sits -100% from its all-time high. On tradability, the book is thin, so incoming money moves the price easily. Taken together, the overall heat score is 26 (COOL). A higher number means more of the conditions for a rally are in place — it is not a price forecast.

Last updated 2026-08-14 · Price $0.00164256 (as of 2026-08-14)

Heat score: **26** (COOL) — a deterministic 0–100 read on how many of the conditions for a move are in place. Not a price forecast.

## Market data (as of 2026-08-14)

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Price | $0.00164256 |
| Market cap | $1.1M (rank #2751) |
| 24h volume | $6,261 |
| Circulating supply | 681,238,601 HNS (about 100% of total supply) |
| Total supply | 681,247,601 HNS |
| Change from all-time high | -99.8% |

## What is Handshake

Handshake is a decentralized, permissionless naming protocol where every peer is validating and in charge of managing the root DNS naming zone with the goal of creating an alternative to existing Certificate Authorities and naming systems. Names on the internet (top level domains, social networking handles, etc.) ultimately rely upon centralized actors with full control over a system which are relied upon to be honest, as they are vulnerable to hacking, censorship, and corruption. Handshake aims to experiment with new ways the internet can be more secure, resilient, and socially useful with a peer-to-peer system validated by the network's participants.

Handshake is an experiment which seeks to explore those new ways in which the necessary tools to build a more decentralized internet. Services on the internet have become more centralized beginning in the 1990s, but do not fulfill the original decentralized vision of the internet. Email became Gmail, usenet became reddit, blog replies became facebook and Medium, pingbacks became twitter, squid became Cloudflare, even gnutella became The Pirate Bay. Centralization exists because there is a need to manage spam, griefing, and sockpuppet/sybil attacks. Previous decentralized systems largely stopped working due to spam. If it were more costly to grief on the internet using decentralized systems, the need for trusted centralized corporations to manage these risks decrease. Internet services and platforms may benefit from building on top of a decentralized system which is specifically designed for resilience against sybil attacks.
As we may redecentralize.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Handshake (HNS)?

Handshake is a decentralized, permissionless naming protocol where every peer is validating and in charge of managing the root DNS naming zone with the goal of creating an alternative to existing Certificate Authorities and naming systems. Read more →

### What is the current price of Handshake (HNS)?

$0.00164256 as of 2026-08-14. The price moves daily, and this page is rebuilt every day.

### What is the market cap of Handshake (HNS)?

About $1.1M as of 2026-08-14, which ranks #2751 across all crypto assets.

### What is Handshake's heat score, and what does it mean?

The heat score is 26 (COOL) as of 2026-08-14. It is our own 0–100 measure of how many of the conditions a rally needs — momentum, tradable volume, light supply and a supportive market — are currently in place. It is not a price forecast. The model multiplies its factors, so a single missing condition holds the whole score down.

### What is the supply of Handshake (HNS)?

As of 2026-08-14, 681,238,601 HNS is in circulation out of a total supply of 681,247,601 HNS — about 100%. The remainder may reach the market through future unlocks.

### What is the all-time high for Handshake (HNS)?

The all-time high on record as of 2026-08-14 is $0.851892.The price is $0.00164256 today, -99.8% from that high.

### How much Handshake (HNS) can I buy with $100?

At the 2026-08-14 price ($0.00164256), $100 buys roughly 60,880.58 HNS before fees and spread. Crypto is divisible, so you do not need to buy a whole coin.

### Will Handshake (HNS) go up? What are its prospects?

We do not forecast prices or give investment advice. What this page does is track Handshake every day through factual data — the heat score, supply structure, charts and development activity. Use it as material for your own judgement; the decision is yours.

### Where can I buy or trade Handshake (HNS)?

It trades on major crypto exchanges. Which venues you can use depends on where you live, so check what is licensed in your own jurisdiction. This is information, not a recommendation of any asset or exchange.

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Sources: CoinGecko (data provided by CoinGecko), DefiLlama and alternative.me. Figures are as of 2026-08-14 and change daily. Information only; not investment advice or a recommendation to trade.
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