Understanding Your HNS Wallet Balance
Spendable, locked, confirmed and pending: compare Bob and HNS Investments Companion without double-counting coins.
Read guideDocumentation
Bob Wallet Docs
Practical guides and open technical standards for Handshake users, wallet developers, and infrastructure operators.
HNS addresses and TLD privacy
Whether extra HNS should sit on the same address as your TLD, and what happens to change when you renew.
Read guideSPV sync vs wallet rescan
Why LearnHNS can show Rescanning 0% after a 50% SPV sync, when to wait, and when to restart once.
Read guideUpgrade from original Bob
Start here if you are on original Bob 2.1.0 or 0.6.x. Not a third wallet. Restore with your seed in LearnHNS and do not copy or merge application-data folders.
Read guideAuction Basket and Bids Per Block
Understand why one-at-a-time bids confirm independently, how several bids can enter one block, and how Auction Basket groups up to 20 bids in one transaction.
Read guideWallet Aliases
Send HNS with an @ hostname and understand HIP-2, DANE TLSA verification, secure TXT fallback, error messages, and operator setup.
Read guideCheck or change the SPV helper
Find the SPV Helper API setting in Bob LearnHNS, understand why original Bob 2.1.0 cannot show it, and fix LearnHNS launch errors caused by running both apps.
Read guideBob SPV Helper API v1
The provider-neutral contract for read-only full-node data, safe SPV name registration, and compatible community-operated helpers.
Read guideCannot Start a Name Auction?
Check sync, name status, spendable HNS, and pending transactions, then send a safe diagnostic report without exposing wallet secrets.
Read guideBob Cannot Start on Windows
Fix db LOCK startup failures caused by Cyrillic or other non-ASCII characters in the Windows profile path without deleting wallet data.
Read guideSPV Mode vs Full Node Mode
Understand why Bob is lightweight by default, when full-node mode matters, and how marketplace buying should behave in each mode.
Read guideShakedex Marketplace
Learn how Buy Now listings, reverse auctions, Shakedex channels, pending listings, and sold history fit into Bob.
Read guideShakedex Seller Flow
Understand transfer lock, finalize, generate, download, submit, cancel, and how price changes affect generated proofs.
Read guideMove to Bob LearnHNS (full guide)
Step-by-step seed restore, what on-chain data returns after scanning, what local-only data needs a separate backup, and why application-folder copying is unsupported.
Read guideTransfer Handshake Names
Move names from Namebase or another wallet into Bob, or transfer names from Bob to a different Handshake wallet.
Read guideFAQ
Quick answers for new users about lightweight sync, Namebase migration, on-chain renewal (miner fee only), bulk renew, and transferring names.
Read guideTransaction History
Find missing or incomplete wallet activity by checking sync status, wallet profiles, and rescanning wallet history.
Read guideBob LearnHNS Release Verification
A release verification protocol for installing and safely checking Bob LearnHNS across macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Read guideAdd Ons
Bob Add Ons start with native trusted tools, then expand toward Liquidity Spot, resolver directories, SLD tools, and other reviewed integrations.
Read guideLiquidity Spot
Liquidity Spot starts as a public-preview Add On for human P2P HNS/BTC coordination, with atomic-swap research next.
Read guideMessages
Use Bob to sign or verify messages when you need to prove wallet control without sending a transaction.
Read guideDS Records in the Chrome Extension
Split a DS record into Key Tag, Algorithm, Digest Type, and Digest fields when editing Root Zone DNS in the extension.
Read guideSafe Testing
Use separate Bob profiles, test builds, and low-value names when trying marketplace or Shakedex flows before production use.
Read guideExpiring Names
Track names you own that are expired or approaching expiration, and understand why global expiring discovery needs indexed channel support.
Read guideTLD Renewal and SLD Safety
Compare owner-approved renewal, custody, multisig, and the irreversible anyone-can-renew script, plus the proposed LearnHNS Renewal Guardian.
Read guideBrowse HNS Sites Without Setup
Use hns.best as a normal-browser fallback when you want to open an HNS website before installing Bob, SkyInclude Browser, or a resolver.
Read guideLedger Status
Ledger Live no longer supports Handshake in newer releases. Bob docs will track the safest current options and any future hardware-wallet path.
Next Docs To Write
This page is the starting point. Each card should become a full guide as Bob's tooltips and Add Ons mature.
- SPV marketplace buying checklist
- Shakedex channel safety checklist
- How to test with a separate Bob profile
- Liquidity Spot addon overview
- Ledger migration and status guide
- How to run a Shakedex channel