Decentralized Web

A Decentralized Web is an Internet that relies on a decentralized data hosting services.

• Example(s):
  • Social Linked Data (Solid),
  • Decentralized Social Network such as:
    • Friendica,
    • Diaspora Social Network,
    • SuperNova Social Network,
  • IndieWeb,
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Centralized Computing System,
  • a Decentralized Cloud System,
  • a Decentralized Clinical Trial,
  • a Decentralized Research,
  • a Decentralized Digital Currency.
• See: Distributed Social Network, Social Network, Internet Censorship, Syracuse University, Internet, Web Hosting Service, Peer-to-Peer, Global Surveillance Disclosures (2013–Present).

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References

2021

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_web Retrieved:2021-9-25.
  • The decentralized web is an abstract concept soughtby several researchers. The idea proposes the reorganization of the Internet in order to remove centralized data hosting services, using instead a peer-to-peer infrastructure. Interest in the decentralized web arose due to the lack of trust in network maintenance organizations, due to scandals involving widespread espionage and content control.

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