5.1 Road Map and Future Enhancements

Phase 1: The Foundation

• ERC-6551: Handles will turn into token-bound accounts, each with its own Rootstock address to receive ERC assets. (Q4 2024)

• HNDL Market Place: Buy and sell your handles from fameguild.io and other marketplaces (Q1 2025)

• SIWH: 'Sign in With Handle' is a protocol for signing in to apps using handles. (Q2 2025)

• HNDL in Layer 1: Own your handles on Bitcoin Layer 1 with ordinal inscriptions. (Q3 2025)

• ZK-ERC-6551: A modified version with zero-knowledge proofs. (Q4 2025)

Phase 2: Integration with Web 2 & 3 Ecosystem

• Study Bitcoin: Use SIWH on our Study Bitcoin platform, a learn-to-earn system utilizing handles. (Q1 to Q4 2026)​

• Mass Adoption of SIWH: Promote SIWH as the login standard and collaborate with creators to integrate it into their apps (fitness, dating, video streaming, social media, etc.) (2026-2027)

Phase 3: Ownership Renounce and Decentralization

• Renounce the HNDL smart contract ownership once all testing meets the established criteria to achieve 100% decentralization. (Q1 2027)

Phase 4: HNDL Wallet and Explorer

• A user friendly crypto wallet tailored for HNDL (Q1 2028)

• Integrate HNDL into Rootstock's main explorer (Q4 2028)