Decentralization
Sci-Hub Leaves Handshake Blockchain After 2 Days, Citing Centralization Concerns
Sci-Hub, a pirate library of academic papers censored by Twitter, PayPal and domain systems, left the distributed domain platform Handshake after two days, unsatisfied by the level of decentralization.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
