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Internet
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.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Feb 21, 2020 at 5:03 p.m. UTC
Feb 21, 2020
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ETHDenver 2020. Credit: Will Foxley for CoinDesk
Tech
Web 3.0
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.
ETHDenver 2020. Credit: Will Foxley for CoinDesk
By William Foxley
Feb 21, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. UTC
Feb 21, 2020
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World's first web server image via Wikimedia Commons
Tech
Open-source
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.
World's first web server image via Wikimedia Commons
By Leigh Cuen
Jan 11, 2020 at 10:20 a.m. UTC
Jan 11, 2020
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Markets
Venture capital
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.
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By Pete Rizzo
Aug 2, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Aug 2, 2018
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John Perry Barlow
Markets
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.
John Perry Barlow
By Marc Hochstein
Feb 14, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. UTC
Feb 14, 2018
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Markets
Technology
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...
planet, network
By Alyssa Hertig
Apr 29, 2017 at 11:45 a.m. UTC
Apr 29, 2017
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blueprints
Markets
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.
blueprints
By William Mougayar
Jan 18, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 18, 2017
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