Future Game-changers
In-development apps that might someday change the way we use the internet. Sorted from most promise to least.
The cryptocurrency companion to IPFS which will incentivize users to provide storage and bandwidth.
A decentralized, global filesystem intended for hosting web content. Content published using IPFS is accessible from anywhere as long at least one person has downloaded the files and is running an IPFS node. Currently the software works very well, and several sites are already taking advantage of it. However, it currently is not in mainstream use.
A Chrome-based web browser designed for privacy and blocking ads. It can automatically donate cryptocurrency to websites.
Follow My Vote aims to change the way we vote, becoming the world's first secure open source online voting software based on blockchain technology.
A cheap, cloud storage solution that allows anyone to securely store data by encrypting and distributing it to other Storj users. It uses it's own cryptocurrency to allow individuals to sell unused disk space. Right now it has a friendly GUI for those who wish to rent their disk space, but with the available file-uploading clients I have not been able to make use of it yet. Supposedly it is integrated into FileZilla, but I the latest version installed on Ubuntu 16.04 and there is no such feature
Steemit gives users monetary rewards for any meaningful contribution to the platform. Of these contributions the most important are:
- Creating or posting content which the other users consider valuable (like)
- Finding valuable content and upvoting it
The mechanism is designed so that the users decide what is valuable and who the rewards go to. Each user has a certain voting-power, which determines how much weight the vote has. More voting-power can be acquired by earning rewards or by purchasing it. There are also many other ways to contribute to the platform and earn rewards, but which are more technical. More information can be found on https://steem.io.
Rewards are payed in a dollar-equivalent currency, which can be converted to any other currency. The currency can be easily used inside the steem-network by sending it directly to another user anywhere in the world. Users are payed interest if they invest the earned rewards in the platform.
The Steemit -site is a front-end to the steem-blockchain. This means no content is censored, and the blockchain (all contents and history) can be accessed from any other current or future front-end. Anyone can freely create an app or frontend to the blockchain, but Steemit is the first and most complete one.
Steemit requires no log-in for consuming content, but for posting, commenting and recieving rewards a username is needed. At the moment one can use a Reddit or Facebook profile to get started. Each new user gets 3$ to get started.
The Golem Project creates the first global market for idle computer power.
Golem is a global, open sourced, decentralized supercomputer that anyone can access. It's made up of the combined power of user's machines, from personal laptops to entire datacenters.
Anyone will be able to use Golem to compute (almost) any program you can think of, from rendering to research to running websites, in a completely decentralized & inexpensive way.
The Golem Network is a decentralized sharing economy of computing power, where anyone can make money 'renting' out their computing power or developing & selling software.
It is very similar to IPFS and can be used as a decentralized web hosting platform, but it has a few different design goals.
A networking protocol that could support a decentralized internet infrastructure.
Designed for secure, efficient, accessible, decentralized identification system that could be used for authentication without having to remember passwords or confirming an email address.
Mesh-networking technology that would allow for a decentralized internet. Users could load their router with cryptocurrency, and it would automatically buy and sell bandwidth at competitive prices.
It allows individuals to run their own online stores for free and buy goods from a decentralized online market without fees or limitations. Currently it seems that few people use it.
A decentralized cloud storage platform like Storj.
Blockstack is a new decentralized internet where users own their data and apps run locally. Take back control over your digital life. A browser portal is all you need to get started.
Like IPFS, but designed to be used like a free cloud storage solution where users can dump all their data, access it from anywhere, and not worry about losing it because it is distributed.
A distributable file-syncing and versioning system that works like git and supports multiple cloud storage platforms.
A web browser based on Chromium that allows anyone to publish to and modify the decentralized web for free. As far as I can tell, the decentralized web does not yet have much to offer.
Finds torrents without websites.
Would allow you to store your data on multiple systems and access it like a regular filesystem. Currently it relies on SSH and FUSE, and it doesn't work very well.
An anonymous, peer-to-peer network. It hasn't been updated since 2014, and I've never gotten it to work.
