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Decentralization

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Tech
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.
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By Benjamin Powers
Dec 14, 2020 at 9:56 p.m. UTC
Dec 14, 2020
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Human-machine interaction in Osaka, Japan
Finance
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.
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By Doreen Wang
Dec 3, 2020 at 6:01 p.m. UTC
Dec 3, 2020
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Finance
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.
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By Ian Allison
Nov 13, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. UTC
Nov 13, 2020
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Finance
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.
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By Doreen Wang
Nov 5, 2020 at 1:53 p.m. UTC
Nov 5, 2020
DecentralizationData StorageArweaveArDrive
Figuring out whether a blockchain network is sufficiently decentralized could have broad ramifications.
Tech
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.
Figuring out whether a blockchain network is sufficiently decentralized could have broad ramifications.
By Danny Nelson
Oct 21, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 21, 2020
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Markets
Decentralization
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...
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By Muyao Shen
Sep 22, 2020 at 1:27 a.m. UTC
Sep 22, 2020
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Policy
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 nece...
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By David Pan
Aug 14, 2020 at 6:13 p.m. UTC
Aug 14, 2020
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Tech
Vitalik buterin
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.
Filecoin founder Juan Benet and Coinbase alum Balaji Srinivasan (CoinDesk archives)
By Brady Dale
Jul 23, 2020 at 9:05 p.m. UTC
Jul 23, 2020
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Tech
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.
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By Sebastian Sinclair
Jul 7, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 7, 2020
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Tech
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.
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By Benjamin Powers
Jun 25, 2020 at 5:22 p.m. UTC
Jun 25, 2020
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