Web 3.0

Filecoin

Filecoin: Understanding the Complex Crypto System Meant to Rival AWS

Brady DaleSep 15, 2020

Filecoin and its FIL token might be the most complex thing the blockchain industry has ever brought to market. Here's what you need to know.

Web 3.0

Colorado Is Betting on ETHDenver and Web 3 for Its Next Lottery Games

Danny NelsonJul 17, 2020

Eyeing a billion-dollar revenue goal by 2023, the state-run lottery is getting creative with its game offerings.

Internet 2030

How Web 3.0 Creates Value for Users, Not Platforms

Pooja ShahSep 18, 2020

There has been a Cambrian explosion of Web 3.0 apps. Let's make sure this evolution continues for decades to come.

Opinion

Twitter Doesn’t Need Web 3.0 to Solve Its Identity Problem

Preston J. ByrneJul 17, 2020

The great Twitter hack does not herald the end of the centralized web. But we need stronger cryptography for social media.

DFINITY

Dfinity Opens Platform to Outside Developers, Launches Decentralized TikTok Rival

Sebastian SinclairJun 30, 2020

Decentralized cloud computing startup Dfinity said its "Internet Computer" is now open to third-party developers.

Web 3.0

Web 3.0

Handshake Goes Live With an Uncensorable Internet Browser

Daniel Kuhn

Handshake minimizes the role of centralized entities in the internet’s basic infrastructure. First, it was a new domain system. Now it's a browser.

Arweave

With Arweave’s ‘Lazy’ Approach to Smart Contracts, Its Version of Web3 Does More

Brady Dale

Arweave, a blockchain network meant for the permanent storage of data, has released a completely new approach to smart contracts.

Web 3.0

Torus Goes Blockchain-Agnostic With New DirectAuth Dapp Login Tool

William Foxley

Seamless login for the decentralized apps (dapps) of any blockchain. That’s the vision for Torus Labs’ new identity solution, DirectAuth.

Patents

Blockstack Pledges to Enforce Patents for ‘Defensive Purposes’ Only

Danny Nelson

Blockstack, the startup building a decentralized backbone for Web 3.0, is open-sourcing its two patents – kinda.

Web 3.0

Opera’s Android Web Browser Adds Access to .Crypto Domains for 80M Users

Danny Nelson

The “blockchain-ready” web browser has added support for Unstoppable Domains’ decentralized .crypto websites.

Web 3.0

The Domain Startups Building an Uncensorable Internet on Top of Ethereum

William Foxley

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

News

You Can Now Buy HTC’s Exodus Blockchain Phone Without Paying Crypto

Nikhilesh De

Mobile device maker HTC now sells its blockchain phone for U.S. dollars in addition to cryptocurrency.

Privacy

Defending Decentralization, Like a Twice in a Millennium Chance

Rachel-Rose O'Leary

During the Web3 Summit earlier this week, speakers and attendees struck an optimistic tone, even though the challenges for blockchain are great.

Venture Capital

Polychain, Outlier Ventures Back Blockchain Startup’s Plan for Web 3.0

Nikhilesh De

Haja Networks aims to create a new set of database protocols which will help build an infrastructure for the Web 3.0.

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