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Overview
Conceptually creating a decentralized website using Handshake is very simple. You just need to upload your static content onto a decentralized storage provider and then pin the content address to your Handshake name.
As an example, visit niccarter/ to see Nic Carter’s decentralized website — he used dLinks, a decentralized LinkTree alternative on Handshake and Skynet (the former Namebase-hosted dLinks service is offline as of June 2026).
Skynet
Follow this guide to create a decentralized blog using Skynet and Handshake
IPFS
How to pair a Handshake domain to your website on IPFS.
Dynamic websites
It’s becoming increasingly possible to create fully decentralized, dynamic websites by combining decentralized naming with decentralized storage and decentralized compute. Some examples of decentralized compute networks are Akash, a decentralized marketplace for cloud compute, Ethereum, the leading smart contract blockchain, and other smart contract blockchains like Polkadot, Flow, Near, etc.
Here’s an example that combines Handshake with Skynet and Akash: