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IMHO it is the best bet for actually changing the foundation of the internet back to a distributed model.
by wesleytodd 8y ago
IMHO it is the best bet for actually changing the foundation of the internet back to a distributed model.
- krapp 8y ago> IMHO it is the best bet for actually changing the foundation of the internet back to a distributed model. What does the "foundation of the internet" mean in this context? The internet's structure and its protocols haven't really changed. Are you confusing the centralization of user attention via network effect for centralization of the actual network?
- wesleytodd 8y agoWeb applications as we write them today are largely centralized systems with centralized ownership of data and small groups of people owning the lion's share of the traffic/data/user attention etc. Beaker and dat are built on the same base protocols as the traditional web (tcp/udp), but also add higher level protocols for changing the centralized power dynamic I mentioned above. The key, IMO, is that there is a good story for users around transitioning from the centralized web into the decentralized web because of the shared foundation. I see the confusion. When I say "foundation" I mean how we build applications, not the underlying protocols. Maybe I should have said "foundation of web application design", or something like that.