> Did the web sort of start out a super walled garden for millions of people? > I think if we're really going to make a dent, we need to work to create an ecos

> Did the web sort of start out a super walled garden for millions of people? > I think if we're really going to make a dent, we need to work to create an ecosystem elsewhere. There is an attempt being made to build what you're describing - and it's called Ceptr (http://ceptr.org http://ceptr.org) by it's creators. The underlying pattern that has emerged in their work is a 'holograhic' chain (Holochain) that allows users to create small modular distributed apps that come together in a coherent way to form apps and online meeting places that aren't mediated by the corporate structure. In some places it is called Protocol Cooperavitism. The idea is that Protocol Cooperavitism will slowly start replacing/evolve into Platform Capitalism. So yeah, Holochian is a protocol development framework, like Ruby on Rails but for serverless protocols instead of centralized servers. Holochain is a framework for writing fully distributed peer-to-peer applications. It is not based on blockchain technology. Nor is Holochain a single platform like Ethereum. It is rather like a decentralized Ruby on Rails, a toolkit that produces stand-alone programs but for serverless high-profile applications. Source: https://medium.com/holochain/holochain-reinventing-applications-d2ac1e4f25ef https://medium.com/holochain/holochain-reinventing-applicati...