The future of the Web should be global-addressable, local-first, protocol-agnostic, free-format data. This data should be the primary source of truth. Applications and services should constantly evolve to parse and interpret the data.

Decentralized trusted networks can collectively verify that an account belongs to a real person, so some communities can issue digital/crypto UBI every day w/o burning energy like most blockchain do. These tokens can be used inside the community to boost its economy.

That confirms that networks with trusted connections work as a positive sum game, while networks where anonymous users and bots can be louder than your friend destroy the game. Most social networks have this problem. We @nolock-social.bsky.social are working on a foundation for trusted networks.

Our next DWeb Virtual Meetup is in one week:
Tues Sep 30 10am PT / 2pm ET / 19 CET

"The Present and Future of Funding Open Source" — featuring Brian Behlendorf, Zenna Fiscella, & Alexander Sander

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The biggest power is control of information. Honestly, at this point, the only instrument that can give this power back to the people is decentralized trusted networks. I can't see other options.

I'm working on the tech, but the progress is very slow since I have to work on other jobs.

We need decentralized trusted networks with collective security yesterday. This's not funny anymore, and actually it never was.

Humanity today feels like the Titanic a few hours before hitting the iceberg: “The show must go on.” In this article, I outline a few basic principles that could help us steer away from disaster. #economics #ai #justice #social medium.com/@sergeyshand...

Lay-offs, spam, misinformation, war conflicts, dictatorships. One might expect that technological progress would solve these problems, but things are not improving. Some believe that old social and economic models can fix some problems. We believe that systems must evolve. medium.com/@sergeyshand...

Don’t miss today’s DWeb Seattle Node Meetup!

With talks by @nolock-social.bsky.social, @tinysubversions.bsky.social, and @quillmatiq.com 🤩

It’s possible to participate online, too!

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Our presentation from WebSummit Vancouver 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSHa...

Hi Seattle friends! 👋 Don't miss the @seattlejs.com meetup tonight!

- Talks from Evan Boyle, @sergey-shandar.bsky.social and more
- Covering React, FunctionalScript, Robotics
- Fun hangs with fellow devs

PLUS get a promo code to get $50 off your CascadiaJS ticket 🎟️

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What are the risks and hidden costs of modern social networks and platforms? medium.com/@sergeyshand... #social-network #digital-rights #dweb #web3 #fediverse

It's the last spec release of 2024! 🎉 Matrix 1.13 has even more Trust & Safety features for you. Account Suspension, new reporting endpoints, fixes to existing endpoints, and not-T&S features like EDUs to appservices!

Details on the blog:

🎟️ We'll be presenting how Unison and Unison Cloud radically simplify microservice architectures at the upcoming Functional Conf 2025.

This conference is online, January 24-25:

functionalconf.com/

The release of v.1.0 of the Open Source AI Definition marks an important milestone on a journey to ensure that AI systems are innovative and aligned with the foundational principles of Open Source. https://opensource.org/blog/2024-end-of-year-review-open-source-ai-definition-v1-0

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