Web 3.0

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Handshake Goes Live With an Uncensorable Internet Browser

Daniel KuhnJun 22, 2020

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.

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

Brady DaleJun 11, 2020

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

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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

Torus Goes Blockchain-Agnostic With New DirectAuth Dapp Login Tool

William FoxleyMay 28, 2020

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 NelsonApr 28, 2020

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

Web 3.0

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Bitcoin

‘Weary Giants of Flesh and Steel,’ Meet Bitcoin

Marc Hochstein

John Perry Barlow fought for an open internet. Late in life, he cautioned blockchain innovators that the technology could be liberating or oppressive.

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