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Handshake Wallet

FxWallet is a self-custody Handshake wallet: send and receive HNS, and bid on, activate, renew and transfer Handshake domain names from the HNS page.

Handshake at a glance

Name in the app
Handshake
Coin
HNS
Address
Starts with hs1q
Tokens
Not supported
On exchanges
Handshake (HNS)
EVM
No

Key features for Handshake

Handshake domain names

From the Domain button on the HNS page, search for names, bid on them in auctions, activate the ones you win, then renew, transfer or sell them.

Several recipients, one transaction

Batch Transfer sends HNS to several addresses in a single transaction.

Keys stored on your phone

FxWallet is a self-custody wallet: your keys are created and encrypted on your phone and never sent to FxWallet’s servers. Every bid and name transfer is signed there.

Feature availability

Send and receive
Each account receives at one address, starting with hs1q. Payments go to an address: FxWallet does not look up the address behind a Handshake name.
Batch Transfer
Send to several addresses in one transaction with Batch Transfer, from the Send screen.
Not available on HandshakeTokens · NFTs · Fee options · Swap · Bridge · Earn · Hardware and cold wallets · DApps and WalletConnect · Private keys and watch wallets · Risk warnings
Tokens
Handshake has no tokens.
NFTs
Handshake has no NFTs. The domain names you own are on the HNS page, under Owns.
Fee options
FxWallet sets the fee, and there are no speed options. A pending transfer cannot be sped up or cancelled.
Swap
Swap is not available on Handshake.
Bridge
Bridge is not available on Handshake.
Earn
Earn has no products on Handshake.
Hardware and cold wallets
Not available for Handshake: hardware wallets and cold wallet mode do not support it.
DApps and WalletConnect
Not available for Handshake.
Private keys and watch wallets
A Handshake private key cannot be imported: import the wallet’s mnemonic phrase instead. Watch wallets are for EVM addresses only.
Risk warnings
Address risk checks and look-alike address warnings are not available for Handshake yet.

Important notes

  • Reveal every bid in time. Bidding on a name lasts about 5 days and the reveal period about 10 days. A bid you do not reveal in time stays frozen for good, with the HNS it locked. While a bid is open, the HNS it locks is shown as locked beside your balance and cannot be sent. See Handshake (HNS) domain auctions.
  • Renew your names. A name lasts about two years. Renew it from its page under Domain before it expires, or someone else can win it in a new auction.
  • FxWallet does not edit DNS records. Activating a name in FxWallet sets a single TXT record, so a name activated here does not point to a website.
  • The fee is deducted from the amount. By default, the recipient receives the amount you enter minus the fee. To send an exact amount, tap Change input amount to the received amount on the confirmation screen.
How do I buy a Handshake domain name in FxWallet?

On the HNS page, tap Domain and search for the name. If no one has opened its auction, tap Open; bidding starts about 6 hours later and lasts about 5 days. Bids are sealed: each locks the HNS you bid, plus an optional blind amount that hides it. Reveal your bid in the 10-day reveal period. The highest bidder wins and pays the second-highest bid, then activates the name; the others redeem their HNS. You can also buy names that others sell on the Market tab. See Handshake (HNS) domain auctions.

Can I send HNS to a Handshake name?

No. Enter the recipient’s address, starting with hs1. FxWallet does not look up the address behind a Handshake name, and it does not accept the longer hs1 addresses of scripts and multisig wallets as recipients.

Can I move my wallet from Bob Wallet or another Handshake wallet?

Import its mnemonic phrase, then check that FxWallet shows the address you expect. FxWallet derives the first account’s address on the standard Handshake path (m/44'/5353'/0'/0/0), which wallets built on hsd, such as Bob Wallet, use for their first receiving address. HNS and names that the other wallet keeps on other addresses may not show: move them to your FxWallet address from that wallet first.

How do I receive mining rewards in FxWallet?

Tap Receive, search for HNS, pick it on the Handshake network and copy the address. Enter it as the payout address in your mining pool or mining software, and your rewards arrive in your own wallet.

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