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The Internet Computer Review

A DFINITY Foundation Resource

Announcing Internet Computer “Mainnet” and a 20-Year Roadmap

Announcing Internet Computer “Mainnet” and a 20-Year Roadmap

The Internet Computer is the world’s first blockchain that runs at web speed and can increase its capacity without bound.
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Dominic Williams
Jan 6
Introducing the Internet Computer Interface Specification

Introducing the Internet Computer Interface Specification

It details how services and users communicate through the Internet Computer, and enables the community to create new development tools.
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Mar 18
Applied Crypto: Introducing Noninteractive Distributed Key Generation

Applied Crypto: Introducing Noninteractive Distributed Key Generation

NIDKG is the first core cryptographic innovation behind the decentralized platform to be released.
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Mar 17
Event Recap: Exploring Entrepreneurship in the Open Internet Boom

Event Recap: Exploring Entrepreneurship in the Open Internet Boom

The teams behind funded startups building on the Internet Computer share insights from their experience creating services for the open web.
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Mar 10
The Open Internet Boom’s Golden Opportunity

The Open Internet Boom’s Golden Opportunity

Tech visionaries joined Forbes and DFINITY for a special event to discuss this pivotal moment in the internet’s evolution.
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Feb 26
The Demand for an Open Internet Is Driven by the Next Generation

The Demand for an Open Internet Is Driven by the Next Generation

DFINITY is partnering with Hacker Fund and Major League Hacking to equip emerging developers to build on the open internet.
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Feb 10
Candid: A Common Language for Application Interfaces on the Internet Computer

Candid: A Common Language for Application Interfaces on the Internet Computer

Introducing Candid, an interface description language specifically designed for developing applications for the Internet Computer.
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Jan 29
DFINITY 2021: The Rise of the Internet Computer

DFINITY 2021: The Rise of the Internet Computer

As the Mercury milestone initializes the decentralization of the Internet Computer’s alpha network, one pivotal year gives way to another.
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Jan 8
The Internet Computer’s Road to Mercury Mainnet Launch

The Internet Computer’s Road to Mercury Mainnet Launch

The Internet Computer’s mainnet is hosted by standardized node machines running across a decentralized network of independent data centers.
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Jan 7
Dominic Williams on the Internet Computer, DFINITY’s Plan to Redesign the Internet

Dominic Williams on the Internet Computer, DFINITY’s Plan to Redesign the Internet

A vision for transforming the public internet into a breakthrough computing platform that will renew the creative capacity of the web.
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Dec 10, 2020
Introducing The Reboot, a New Publication That Critically Examines the Internet

Introducing The Reboot, a New Publication That Critically Examines the Internet

The Reboot investigates power imbalances in tech to help the public understand how we can build a better web.
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Dec 8, 2020
A Closer Look at Software Canisters, an Evolution of Smart Contracts

A Closer Look at Software Canisters, an Evolution of Smart Contracts

Canisters are smart contracts that scale — interoperable compute units designed for internet-scale services.
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Oct 7, 2020
The Internet Computer’s Token Economics: An Overview

The Internet Computer’s Token Economics: An Overview

With this economic and governance mechanism, developers and entrepreneurs worldwide will find ways to expand the fabric of the internet.
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Oct 6, 2020
The Internet Computer’s Sodium Release Brings It Closer to Completion

The Internet Computer’s Sodium Release Brings It Closer to Completion

The Sodium launch event unveiled the open algorithmic governance system that will manage the revolutionary blockchain computer.
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Oct 5, 2020
The Internet Computer’s Evolution From Copper to Sodium

The Internet Computer’s Evolution From Copper to Sodium

If each of the network’s prior releases rebuilt earlier eras of computing in decentralized form, Sodium represents the future.
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Sep 24, 2020
Announcing the Agenda for the Sodium Network Launch Event

Announcing the Agenda for the Sodium Network Launch Event

It’s time to get tactical about how the Internet Computer restores ownership of the internet back to the people.
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Sep 23, 2020
Tungsten Demo Day Recap: An Early Look at Internet Computer Projects

Tungsten Demo Day Recap: An Early Look at Internet Computer Projects

The event showcased the creativity, innovation, and progress that we’ve seen since we opened access to the Tungsten Developer Network.
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Sep 21, 2020
A Technical Overview of the Internet Computer

A Technical Overview of the Internet Computer

An explanation of the development platform’s infrastructure, and how software canisters enable web services to scale to billions of users.
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Sep 18, 2020
Developer Experience (DX) and the Internet Computer

Developer Experience (DX) and the Internet Computer

How equipping people to intuitively develop apps and services for a global public computer will help democratize software engineering.
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Sep 17, 2020
How Ethereum Could Be Supercharged by the Internet Computer Network

How Ethereum Could Be Supercharged by the Internet Computer Network

The Ethereum community helped give birth to the Internet Computer, and will use it to extend the capabilities of Ethereum dapps.
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Dominic Williams
Aug 28, 2020
These Videos Teach the Basics of Building on the Internet Computer

These Videos Teach the Basics of Building on the Internet Computer

The “Fundamentals” video series provides an introduction to the Internet Computer and shows how developers can begin creating apps for it.
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Aug 28, 2020
Announcing Tungsten Demo Day, a Developer Showcase for the Internet Computer

Announcing Tungsten Demo Day, a Developer Showcase for the Internet Computer

Applications are open for an event that will spotlight noteworthy projects and offer direct developer support.
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Aug 14, 2020
How I Built a Multiplayer Game on the Internet Computer

How I Built a Multiplayer Game on the Internet Computer

A detailed walkthrough of the app development experience from a developer’s perspective.
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Jul 29, 2020
How Software Developers Build Better on the Internet Computer

How Software Developers Build Better on the Internet Computer

The architecture of applications is turned on its head, introducing a simplicity to building products that empowers developers.
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Jul 10, 2020
Investing in the Open Web: A New Thesis

Investing in the Open Web: A New Thesis

Olaf Carlson-Wee and Bettina Warburg discuss financing a new ecosystem of business models and services on the open web.
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Jul 9, 2020
Rebooting the Internet: Andreessen Horowitz’s Chris Dixon on the Decentralized Web

Rebooting the Internet: Andreessen Horowitz’s Chris Dixon on the Decentralized Web

Chris Dixon and Dominic Williams discuss how the Internet Computer’s open network will create new engines of innovation.
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Jul 8, 2020
The Internet Computer Welcomes Third-Party Developers to Tungsten

The Internet Computer Welcomes Third-Party Developers to Tungsten

DFINITY launches Tungsten with an event that explores the game-changing promise of decentralized computing.
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Jul 8, 2020
Copper, Bronze, Tungsten: Tracing the Internet Computer’s Rapid Progress

Copper, Bronze, Tungsten: Tracing the Internet Computer’s Rapid Progress

The Tungsten release is the third of five milestones that will culminate in the Internet Computer’s full public launch later in 2020.
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Jun 30, 2020
Tungsten Hackathon: All Systems Go for Developer Network Launch

Tungsten Hackathon: All Systems Go for Developer Network Launch

The 48-hour internal hackathon demonstrates how quickly developers can write and deploy apps on the Internet Computer.
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Jun 26, 2020
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