Decentralization

Security

Google Down: The Perils of Centralization

It was a jarring reminder of the hidden costs of the easy-to-use, centralized systems that permeate the web, and just how taxing or debilitating they can be.

Tech  ·  14 December 2020
Ethereum

Protocol Hosting Google reCAPTCHA Competitor Expands to Polkadot

Human Protocol, home of the anti-bot hCaptcha system, announced it is expanding beyond Ethereum to a future Polkadot parachain, Moonbeam.

Business  ·  3 December 2020
Decentralization

Token Projects Are Not Happy With KuCoin’s Handling of $280M Hack

Some token projects say they're left holding the bag following a hack that drained the KuCoin crypto exchange of $280 million.

Business  ·  13 November 2020
Decentralization

‘Permanent Dropbox’ App Launches on Arweave

ArDrive lets users pay a fee once, depending on the price of Arweave tokens, and have their files live forever on the web.

Business  ·  5 November 2020
Blockchain

New York Lawyers Propose Toolkit for Keeping ‘Decentralized’ Blockchains Honest

Ketsal's "Open Standards" rubric is the latest push to demystify network decentralization in the blockchain space.

Tech  ·  21 October 2020
DeFi

Uniswap Users Say Uniting Can Strengthen UNI

Anonymous Uniswap users are trying to unite the many small holders of the UNI governance token to deal with potential problems in the automated market maker’s (AMM) governance.

Markets  ·  22 September 2020
China

A WeChat Ban Should Be the Moment for Decentralized Tech. But It’s Not.

President Trump’s threat to ban WeChat could disrupt the communication of millions of people. Decentralized technology is one solution, but will people really use it? Not necessarily, industry watchers say.

Policy & regulation  ·  14 August 2020
Decentralization

Climbing off Twitter on Scaffolds of Truth: Where Srinivasan and Benet Diverge

Vitalik Buterin, Balaji Srinivasan and Juan Benet discussed the future, pitfalls and promise of decentralized social media.

Tech  ·  23 July 2020
Privacy

With Chat Privacy Under Threat in US, Firm Develops ‘100% User-Controlled’ Messaging

Unstoppable Domains is working to give users full control over their chat data with a new decentralized protocol.

Tech  ·  7 July 2020
Twitter

Jack Dorsey Has Floated Decentralized Fact-Checking at Twitter. Here’s What That Could Look Like

Twitter's CEO has endorsed the idea of decentralized fact-checking. We looked at some prototypes to see what that might look like.

Tech  ·  25 June 2020
Privacy

European Contact Tracing Consortium Faces Wave of Defections Over Centralization Concerns

Contact tracing researchers fear Europe could choose a centralized system that puts personal privacy at risk.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 April 2020
Governance

MakerDAO Foundation Plots Its Own Demise

The MakerDAO Foundation is getting serious about its planned obsolescence. A governance call Thursday laid out founder Rune Christensen's three pillars of full decentralization.

Tech  ·  3 April 2020
Decentralization

Remote Working Proves Unexpected Hero as Half of US Economy Shifts to Home Offices

To those who believe in a digital future in which decentralization makes systems more resilient, the coronavirus crisis has expedited the inevitable.

Business  ·  31 March 2020
Governance

Cut the Consensus: You Can’t Run a Business Like a Blockchain

What works for the technical realm of blockchains does not automatically translate to the running of businesses or social organizations.

Business  ·  27 February 2020
Digital Yuan

Davos Needs to Wake Up to the Ills of Centralization

The lens of decentralization reveals a number of elephants in the room that world leaders at the WEF are missing.

Policy & regulation  ·  17 January 2020