2 years ago

Category: Security, Data, Infrastructure

Today, an extremely centralized internet affects many aspects of our daily lives, thanks to the massive amounts of user data being controlled by a few big tech players like Facebook and Google. Things could be changing slowly, however, with the advent of https://thenewstack.io/what-you-need-to-know-about-blockchain-before-making-the-leap/ and a growing push toward a more https://thenewstack.io/the-people-pushing-for-a-decentralized-web/, where the control of user data would be wrested from a handful of profit-seeking gatekeepers. In the place of a socially interactive Web 2.0, as we now know the web, a nascent Web 3.0 is emerging.

Importantly, the emerging internet of blockchains won’t compete with existing internet infrastructure, but rather builds on top of it.

Users are in full custody of their private keys, yet the user experience rivals the one of the traditional web apps.