Web 1.0 was read-only. Web 2.0 is what most of us now use daily, with read and write support via a login. If you've ever made a comment or given a like on a social media post, you're a Web 2.0 veteran ...

As soon as decentralized platforms became a thing, many started wondering how and where else the same approach could be used. And that’s when we first started hearing about decentralized ...

2019 will be a pivotal year for digital transformation as the decentralized web takes off and businesses explore its innovative potential. Here are six predictions about how the year will shape up as ...

Recently, at a fancy arts complex in Manhattan, the billionaire Frank McCourt led a three-day series of talks and workshops about the future of the internet—part of his expensive effort to “fix ...

Given all the hype and noise swirling around crypto and decentralized network projects, which runs the full gamut from scams and stupidity, to very clever and inspired ideas, the release of yet ...

ZeroNet, a serverless P2P network that uses Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent technology, may be the first real, usable prototype of a decentralized web. BitTorrent users can download files directly ...

I usually write in Google's online word processor Google Docs, even when noting the company's shortcomings. This article is different: it was drafted in a similar but more private service called ...

Jessica Maddox is an assistant professor of digital media technology at the University of Alabama. Chief among the issues fomented by a decentralized web is a rise in conspiratorial thinking. As ...

Steven McKie is a founding partner and managing director at Amentum Capital, developer on HandyMiner and HandyBrowser for Handshake and host of the BlockChannel podcast. A version of this article ...