How to end censorship, demonetization and deepfakes | What Kind of Internet Do You Want? (Episode 1)
What Kind of Internet Do You Want, Episode 1: How to end censorship, demonetization and deepfakes.
The fundamental problem solved by Open Index Protocol is that the web doesn’t have a public index. Problems like deplatforming demonetization & data mining are symptoms of this single root problem. Without an Open Index, the future of information access on the internet is very frightening — we won’t know which books are being metaphorically burned because we will not be able to detect the censorship.
The web was always intended to be an open space — of, by & for the People. But the web has become monopolized by a handful of walled garden platforms who control the infrastructure, because when the web began, the technology didn’t exist to build an open source protocol for indexing & distribution.
Open Index Protocol (OIP) is an open source specification for a persistent worldwide index and file library for data publishing, file distribution and direct payments. OIP is permissionless, it uses blockchain technology and distributed networking to operate with no central authority: record indexing, file storage/distribution and transaction management are carried out collectively by the decentralized network.
“This is thrilling! I’ve been saying for a long time we need to find a way to get money to artists, directly. This seems to be a really good contender for the way to do it!”
-Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the World Wide Web
speaking on Open Index Protocol at the Decentralized Web Summit 2016
( • Alexandria at the Decentralized Web Summit )
LIVE APPLICATIONS:
Caltech's ETDB
https://etdb.caltech.edu/
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
Overstock subsidiary Medici Land Governance in partnership with the State of Wyoming
https://mediciland.com/
https://maps.greenwoodmap.com/tetonwy...
“We’re building a bunch of technology on OIP… an open source technology, sort of an alternative to patents - that lets you create technology and as people use it, it generates revenue for the person who creates it.”
-Patrick Byrne, Founder of Overstock
Summer 2018 shareholder call
APPLICATIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
Streambed Media: https://streambedmedia.com/
Al Bawaba News: https://www.albawaba.com
PUBLISHsoft: https://www.publishsoft.io/
Caltech's DDX: https://github.com/oipwg/oip-ddx-light
MetaMe: https://metame.com/
TokenFM: https://tokenly.com
K2 & Havoc TV: http://www.havoc.tv/about
Check out the pilot episode of the What Kind of Internet Do You Want? series right here: • Are there public spaces on the web?
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More Information:
https://www.openindexprotocol.com/
https://oip.wiki/
Stories referenced in video:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevlee...
https://www.newsweek.com/youtube-holo...
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op...
https://twitter.com/peterframpton/sta...
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3...
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...
https://www.digitaltrends.com/social-...
https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xw...
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kz...