UAE Tech Podcast: Amy and Devon James on the Open Index Protocol and Web 3.0

UAE Tech Podcast: Amy and Devon James on the Open Index Protocol and Web 3.0

UAE Tech Podcast: Amy and Devon James on the Open Index Protocol and Web 3.0













Published June 23rd, 2020 - 05:00 GMT









How are blockchain technology and the wider battle for '#FreedomontheInternet' related? Why is a decentralized index the future of the Web? What are "walled gardens“ and why does the "Web 3.0“ need to replace them? Finally, how can we code our values in cyberspace?

To talk about these issues, Amy and Devon James from Alexandria Labs joined the UAE Tech Podcast to discuss their pioneering work on the Open Index Protocol and a more fun, sovereign and creative Internet.

 

 

"Right now the power is centralized, as we were talking about, in Web 2. What's going to happen in Web 3 is that power is going to get pushed out to the ends of the network, to the individual users“

The Open Index Protocol (OIP) is an open-source specification allowing for decentralized peer-to-peer data publishing, file distribution and the facilitation of micro-payments. Alexandria Labs is the first platform built on OIP, with the idea of creating a searchable index for decentralized content.

The conversation begins with a speed-reading of Satoshi Nakamoto's famous White Paper