Internet

We Should Sign On to the Web, Not to Websites

You are you everywhere offline. You should be able to be you everywhere online, too.

Opinion  ·  12 July 2021

World Wide Web Source Code Gets NFT Treatment With Sotheby’s Auction

Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee says NFTs are “the most appropriate means of ownership that exists.”

News  ·  15 June 2021
India

Myanmar Military Blocks Facebook as Global Internet Disruptions Intensify

Internet disruptions are costly, but that doesn’t stop governments from shutting down access.

News  ·  4 February 2021
India

Internet Shutdowns Cost India $2.8B in 2020: Report

A 2020 report by Top10VPN found India to be the country that suffered the most economic damage from internet disruptions.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 January 2021
Opinion

The Internet Is a Right, Not a Luxury: 30% of Americans Still Don’t Have It

Ex-FCC senior staffer Gigi Sohn thinks broadband connection is a right, not a privilege. But that doesn’t mean she’s on board with all technological advancements.

People  ·  21 February 2020
Unstoppable Domains

The Domain Startups Building an Uncensorable Internet on Top of Ethereum

Last weekend at ETHDenver, decentralized internet alternatives were on display from projects leveraging blockchain’s censorship-resistant nature.

Tech  ·  21 February 2020
Bitcoin

Is Bitcoin in 2020 Really Like the Early Internet?

Bitcoin may be behind the internet’s timeline in terms of commercial use cases, but it has already achieved comparable social functions.

Tech  ·  11 January 2020
Investments

Handshake Revealed: VCs Back Plan to Give Away $100 Million in Crypto

Handshake plans to replace the digital entities that authenticate web payments, in the process rewarding those who built the web's infrastructure.

Business  ·  2 August 2018
Bitcoin

‘Weary Giants of Flesh and Steel,’ Meet Bitcoin

John Perry Barlow fought for an open internet. Late in life, he cautioned blockchain innovators that the technology could be liberating or oppressive.

Tech  ·  14 February 2018
Ethereum

Ethereum Meets Zcash? Why IPFS Plans a Multi-Blockchain Browser

Juan Benet, the creator of decentralized data-storing protocol IPFS, has big plans for connecting blockchains across the planet, and beyond...

Tech  ·  29 April 2017
Blockchain Technology

The Blockchain is Still Waiting for Its Web. Here’s a Blueprint

William Mougayar examines what it would take to introduce technologies and standards that make blockchain as ubiquitous and user-friendly as the Web.

Markets  ·  18 January 2017