As you can see, I am not writing this presidents day weekend. I explained why on friday. Instead I’ve been posting things that I found worth sharing with all of you. Today, I want to share a blog post written by my friend Chris Dixon about decentralization. This is a portion of the post that […]
Decentralisation as a shifting mental framework
Programming note: every week I send out an email newsletter. It contains all the articles I published that week, as well as an additional essay that has been not been published elsewhere yet. This is a republication of last week’s essay I send out. If you’re interested, subscribe below to get all the updates directly […]
Why Decentralization Matters
We’ve forgotten there’s a better way to build internet services
a practical guide to decentralization (for my friends) - tim's tinkerings
Decentralization: Worth The Wait — Open Tech Strategies | Blog
Ethan Zuckerman has a piece in Wired that says building decentralization tools is a sucker's bet. He and his coauthors, Chelsea Barabas and Neha Narula, mention the FreedomBox, which I helped lead, as an example of how difficult this stuff is. They point to a list of things that make decentralized efforts prone to failure and conclude:
Centralization vs Decentralization - AVC
Decentralization is one of, if not the most, discussed features of the crypto tech stack. In a decentralized system, no single body controls the system. We have most certainly not reached the era fully decentralized systems, but that is what most of the world-class technologists working in the crypto sector are focused on getting us […]
Decentralization enables permissionless innovation
I’ve just started reading Inventing the Internet by Janet Abbate. The opening chapters are great, narrating Paul Baran’s efforts at RAND to design a nationwide communication network. Baran had one design goal for this network—survivability. Specifically, survivability in the face of nuclear catastrophe.
Decentralised content moderation — Martin Kleppmann’s blog
Who is doing interesting work on decentralised content moderation?
Decentralize all the things?
From some of the excitement these days about Bitcoin and related technologies, you might think that anything can be made better if you…
Decentralized Systems Aren't
Below the fold is the text of a talk I gave to Berkeley's Information Systems Seminar exploring the history of attempts to build decentrali...
Practical Decentralization
The point of decentralization is to guarantee the rights of individuals and communities on the Internet. Pulling that off is a balancing act between practicality and ideology.
Practical Decentralization
The point of decentralization is to guarantee the rights of individuals and communities on the Internet. Pulling that off is a balancing act between practicality and ideology.
Decentralized Moderation | The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
How Decentralization Can Win
This is a guest post by Melody He, founder and partner at Spartan Group, a blockchain investment fund and advisory firm in Singapore…
Re: Re: Bluesky and Decentralization -- Dustycloud Brainstorms
A few weeks ago I wrote How decentralized is Bluesky really?, a blogpost which received far more attention than I expected on the fediverse and Bluesky both. Thankfully, the blogpost was received well generally, including by Bluesky's team. Bryan Newbold, core Bluesky engineer, wrote a thoughtful response article: Reply on Bluesky and Decentralization, which I consider worth reading.
The first post for WTF is here: "Decentralization: Huh?" In this article I discuss what 'decentralization' means as a concept as well as how it can be used to protect us from corporate overreach wtf.samclemente.me/decentralization-huh-t22nqge
Decentralization: Huh? - What The Function!?
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