The Internet of Tomorrow is Here
It’s called Skywire and you can help make it even stronger.
Few would deny that we are living in a time of unprecedented technological innovation. The web has connected so many of us, and created industries and opportunities we could not fathom just a few decades ago.
Over the past decade or so, you might have noticed that the Internet you knew has changed. Maybe it’s just a nagging sensation, or maybe you can put your finger right on the issue, but either way, the Internet is broken. And not just broken, but getting worse, and it cannot be fixed in its current state. It simply wasn’t built for the things we need it to do today. It certainly wasn’t built for privacy or security. Everything you love about the Internet has had to be bolted onto an infrastructure that wasn’t designed for it. And the base technology layer of the Internet is old, outdated tech.
The original dream of the Internet was to create a global network where we could come together, connect, learn, and express ourselves. Where information and ideas could be freely shared. Where we could have the freedom and opportunities that so many of us are denied simply based on the places we were we were born, or the amount of money we have in our wallets.
Since then, corporations and governments have used the Internet to control us. Industry lobbyists have enacted draconian laws like the disastrous Digital Millennium Copyright Act in order to censor fair use and stifle innovation. We are spied on, tracked, profiled and our private data is commodified and sold. In a Faustian bargain, our privacy is stolen in exchange for access to hostile walled gardens like Facebook and Twitter where we have merely the illusion of ownership or privacy. We are no longer in control of what we can see, do, or share online.
The good news is that we have the technology to undo this damage. It exists right now! It’s been thirty years since the protocols that undergird the Internet were implemented, and technology has come an incredibly long way since then. We can start again, knowing what we know now, and make the Internet better. The Skycoin Project is working to connect the human race in a global network that is true to the ideals of freedom and access that inspired the creation of the original Internet decades ago.
With new, cutting-edge technology, we can rebuild the very structure of the Internet from the ground up so that it cannot be balkanized, censored, or controlled by any corporation or government. So that protection of our individual rights and our privacy is baked-in. So that access doesn’t require paying outrageous fees for subpar service from a monopolistic Internet Service Provider who will track everything you do and sell that data to the highest bidder.
It’s called Skywire, and it’s owned by us: you and I; the people who will use it. It is, at long last, a truly free and decentralized global network, and you can help us build it. Thousands of access points are already online around the world.
Ultimately, Skywire will be accessible wirelessly from anywhere, as individuals become their own communities’ Internet Service Provider, creating a wireless mesh network that spans the globe.
Go to skycoin.net and find out how you can join the next digital revolution.
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