Essays about: "Decentralized Internet"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the words Decentralized Internet.

  1. 1. Exploring the Security Implications of a Decentralized Internet : Vulnerabilities in Web3 and Blockchain-Based Networks

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Erik Blondell; [2023]
    Keywords : Blockchain; Web3; security; smart contracts; vulnerabilities; Blockchain; säkerhet; Web3; smart-contracts; sårbarheter;

    Abstract : The internet has evolved from an information-based reading platform to a read-and-write platform which is dominated by a handful of organizations. This centralization has led to a movement suggesting a new shift using blockchain technology to create a decentralised internet. READ MORE

  3. 2. What it Means to Decentralize the Web - A Study of the Implications and Feasibility of a Decentralized Web

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Jakob Borglund; Torsten Strömberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Decentralized Web; Re-decentralization; Web3; Blockchain; Peer-to-Peer; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Although based on decentralized principles, the World Wide Web has become highly centralized with a few multinational tech corporations hosting and providing all of the services most people use the internet for. This has led to the unproportionate power some companies hold over the world’s people and has wide consequences, not least is reduced integrity. READ MORE

  4. 3. An Open and Nonproprietary Decentralized Messaging Protocol : Operating Entirely on the Internet Computer Blockchain

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Gabriel Ellebrink; [2022]
    Keywords : Messaging protocol; Decentralized; Blockchain; Smart contract; Internet computer; Dfinity; Meddelandeprotokoll; Decentraliserad; Blockkedja; Smarta kontrakt; Internet computer; Dfinity;

    Abstract : Even when end-to-end encryption is used in centralized messaging services, problems related to security, privacy, availability, and transparency remain. These problems can be avoided or reduced by using a decentralized architecture. READ MORE

  5. 4. Cryptocurrency Acceptance Level : Adoption and Effect

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Stanakzai Shabier; [2022]
    Keywords : Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Ethereum; Acceptance level;

    Abstract : This study discusses the acceptance level of cryptocurrency in countries of the world. Study takes a deep dive on what does affect the acceptance level of cryptocurrency and what should be expected if same changes would to happen in countries income level, technological level, financial level, and education level. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Taxonomy of Non-fungible Tokens : Overview, evaluation and explanation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Informationssystem

    Author : Oskar Olsson; [2022]
    Keywords : non-fungible token; blockchain; smart contract; taxonomy;

    Abstract : With the internet being the perhaps most important invention in recent time, the introduction of web 3.0 and the blockchain may be considered the most revolutionizing technology since then.A decentralized internet would mean that users can do business with each other in a fast and secure way, without the need for a trusted third party. READ MORE