![]() In the next few days, you’ll be hearing even more announcements from us about our vision for a new internet. We can build a digital world that encodes property rights, where we can own our data, and where the people are powerful. We can build a digital world of truly peer-to-peer internet utilities not maintained by corporations, but collectively, by the people. Applications and services cannot be owned and controlled by remote third-parties. If hackers today can shut down hospitals at a nationwide level, imagine what the next decade will bring?Ī new internet needs to have security and safety as a core of its DNA. Our platform and the dedicated community of developers will lead us to that “aha!” moment for the average internet denizen experiencing a new type of internet.Īs our society becomes more dependent on the internet, its 40 year-old, antiquated infrastructure makes our digital lives more insecure than ever. Our developer tools for the new, decentralized internet remove the reliance on existing infrastructure or third-party servers.īlockchain-based tech has been around for a while, but the technology is too complex, and the average internet user has not had that “aha!” moment: that moment, as with the first Netscape browsers, when you felt you were discovering something truly new, vastly big, and unbelievably cool. Innovating on the internet should not require permission from a few mega-corporations. We simply don’t have the access, and if we do, it can be revoked at any time. If you are not an engineer at Google or Facebook, it’s hard for you to innovate. The permission-based environment of the traditional internet runs directly counter to true innovation. We’re a group of open-source developers, and we feel the pain of app developers. The internet should work how real life works. Human interaction has never needed a middleman. In open marketplaces and societies, people transact directly with other people to offer advice, goods, and services. This new internet reflects how people interact with each other naturally, as they have for thousands of years. ![]() For the first time ever, you’ll be able to access people, communities, apps, and services built on the blockchain from your browser. #Block stack mac#Developers can build apps on this new internet by downloading the Blockstack Mac or Linux app (Windows coming soon) and by using nothing more than existing browsers like Chrome or Safari or Firefox.īlockchain technology powers this new internet. This new internet changes the dynamic and brings the power back to the people. Today we are proud to announce the Blockstack browser, which allows developers everywhere to access a whole new internet. ![]() Our existence on the internet is defined by others, whether that other be a mega-corporation or a government. We become dependent on nameless, faceless, remote parties just by connecting. But on the internet, we tolerate and even expect it. Most of us would not stand for this in our real, everyday lives. You are tracked 24/7, your belongings are stolen from storage facilities, and you can’t do anything about it. And in this world, walking into any store or theater implies that you disclose all your personal information, places you’ve been, other things you’ve bought to the business owners. ![]() In this world, you cannot own a house, and all your belongings are kept in a storage facility owned by a few corporations. Imagine a world where people don’t have property rights. We realize you are probably reading this on the internet, and it seems to be working just fine. Even the fathers of the internet, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Vint Cerf, say that it’s broken. ![]()
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