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How to Build a TrustLess Internet. TrustLess suggests that when using an app, there’s less of a requirement to trust any third-party or intermediary. Below is a thread explaining the Five Pillars of the TrustLess Framework, and how together we can revolutionize the web 🧵
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2/ At 22, I entered the world of web development and often found myself holding an asymmetric amount of power. 👉When building a dating app — I could read users’ private messages. 👉 Working on a journaling app — the deepest secrets from our users were a click away. The access was unimaginable.
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3/ The @Snowden revelations in 2013 shattered our illusions... He revealed that, with cooperation from AT&T and the willful ignorance of companies like Facebook, Google, Yahoo, and others, the U.S. government kept a database of every American's emails, text messages, photos, and even sexts.
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4/ In his memoir Snowden explained, “You could even play back recordings of [unknowing people’s] online sessions, so that the screen you’d be looking at was their screen, whatever was on their desktop." Yet, within a few months, we all returned to our routines as if nothing had happened.
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5/ Web3 began with high hopes to address these nightmares. However, what started as a movement to make the world more secure, private, and free has veered off course. Today, Web3 is heavily dominated by crypto scams, mints, airdrops, and investors keen to “own” the web. What is Web3? I’m no longer certain.
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6/ Enter TrussLess apps A paradigm shift with • Less reliance on third parties • Fewer points of failure • Stronger consideration for user autonomy and rights. Here's how we can reclaim the original vision of a better internet
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7/ Five pillars of TrustLess: ✨ Decentralize name registry ✨ Client-side encryption ✨ Decentralize the network ✨ Decentralize storage ✨ Open source code Each is a step towards a more secure, private web. Let’s dive into it 👇🏽
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8/ Decentralizing the name registry 💜 means users own their online identities Free from platform lock-in and censorship.
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9/ Client-side encryption 💜 means your data is unreadable by developers, website owners, and third-parties. It's about ensuring that our communications belong to us and us alone!
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