“Decentralization” is one of the words that is used in the cryptoeconomics space the most frequently, and is often even viewed as a…
The “De” In “Decentralization” Stands For “Democracy”
There’s a certain dark irony in watching tech billionaires who built their empires on the “democratizing power of technology” now actively working to dismantle democratic institut…
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 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...
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:
The ecosystem is moving
Considerations for distributed and decentralized technologies from the perspective of a product that many would like to see decentralize....
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…
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 […]
Protocol: How Control Exists after Decentralization
How Control Exists after DecentralizationIs the Internet a vast arena of unrestricted communication and freely exchanged information or a regulated, highly
Decentralisation as a shifting mental framework
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Department of Decentralization | Department of Decentralization
The website for the Department of Decentralization
a practical guide to decentralization (for my friends) - tim's tinkerings
cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency is a form of decentralized digital currency that uses strong cryptography for security and verification.
DeFi - Best Decentralized Finance Projects | What is DeFi in Crypto
DeFi(Decentralized Finance) is the movement that leverages decentralized networks to transform old financial products into trustless and transparent protocols.
Protocol: How Control Exists after Decentralization by …
How Control Exists after Decentralization by Galloway, …
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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