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𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝟑 | 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 - 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏
The internet reduced distance in ways that would have been difficult to imagine just a few decades ago.
We can now work with people we’ve never met in person, learn from someone on another continent, discover cultures outside our own far more easily, publish without first asking an institution for permission, or find communities we might never have found around us.
But as we came to rely on these technologies more, access and connection could also become dependence.
Convenience can lead us to give up more control than we realize. Systems that bring people together can also limit what people see or what they are able to do, while concentrating enormous influence in a handful of companies.
What becomes normal online still comes down to human choices — including what we are willing to trade for convenience and what we are not.
You don’t need to understand how all of this works technically to be affected by it. We already rely on digital systems for communication, work, payments, storing memories, and a growing part of our creative lives.
When that infrastructure changes, our lives change with it.
𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 — 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏 starts further back than SourceLess itself.
This first chapter looks at the technological path that made projects like it possible: from the early Web, through the platform era, to decentralization and digital ownership in Web3.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬.
👉 https://youtu.be/mc7-5DZQodA
#SourceLess #Web3 #HistoryOfTheWeb #InternetHistory #Decentralization #DigitalOwnership #Blockchain #FutureOfTheInternet #DigitalIdentity #WebEvolution
The internet reduced distance in ways that would have been difficult to imagine just a few decades ago.
We can now work with people we’ve never met in person, learn from someone on another continent, discover cultures outside our own far more easily, publish without first asking an institution for permission, or find communities we might never have found around us.
But as we came to rely on these technologies more, access and connection could also become dependence.
Convenience can lead us to give up more control than we realize. Systems that bring people together can also limit what people see or what they are able to do, while concentrating enormous influence in a handful of companies.
What becomes normal online still comes down to human choices — including what we are willing to trade for convenience and what we are not.
You don’t need to understand how all of this works technically to be affected by it. We already rely on digital systems for communication, work, payments, storing memories, and a growing part of our creative lives.
When that infrastructure changes, our lives change with it.
𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 — 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏 starts further back than SourceLess itself.
This first chapter looks at the technological path that made projects like it possible: from the early Web, through the platform era, to decentralization and digital ownership in Web3.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬.
👉 https://youtu.be/mc7-5DZQodA
#SourceLess #Web3 #HistoryOfTheWeb #InternetHistory #Decentralization #DigitalOwnership #Blockchain #FutureOfTheInternet #DigitalIdentity #WebEvolution
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𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐒𝐨 𝐅𝐚𝐫
We can be in the same city and still have our data travel through infrastructure thousands of kilometres away before it comes back.
The Internet Society warned about this in a 2026 report on remote peering and growing dependence on international hubs.
When submarine cables were damaged off East Africa in 2024, connectivity dropped across several countries. Other routes, local Internet Exchange Points and cached content kept parts of the network running.
That ability to lose part of a network without losing everything is called 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
With 𝐒𝐋𝐍𝐍 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐡, SourceLess is developing local mesh networks where nodes can communicate and relay data through one another. If one node or route goes down, another path may still be available, while communication inside the mesh doesn’t have to depend on the global Internet for every exchange.
𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐋𝐍𝐍 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 at http://slnn.io
#SLNN #SLNNMesh #MeshNetwork #Decentralization #InternetInfrastructure #Web3 #Connectivity #SourceLess
We can be in the same city and still have our data travel through infrastructure thousands of kilometres away before it comes back.
The Internet Society warned about this in a 2026 report on remote peering and growing dependence on international hubs.
When submarine cables were damaged off East Africa in 2024, connectivity dropped across several countries. Other routes, local Internet Exchange Points and cached content kept parts of the network running.
That ability to lose part of a network without losing everything is called 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
With 𝐒𝐋𝐍𝐍 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐡, SourceLess is developing local mesh networks where nodes can communicate and relay data through one another. If one node or route goes down, another path may still be available, while communication inside the mesh doesn’t have to depend on the global Internet for every exchange.
𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐋𝐍𝐍 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 at http://slnn.io
#SLNN #SLNNMesh #MeshNetwork #Decentralization #InternetInfrastructure #Web3 #Connectivity #SourceLess
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Code May Be Distributed, But Power Rarely Is
https://www.publish0x.com/beginning-crypto/code-may-be-distributed-but-power-rarely-is-xywoerx
#Decentralization #Web3 #Blockchain
https://www.publish0x.com/beginning-crypto/code-may-be-distributed-but-power-rarely-is-xywoerx
#Decentralization #Web3 #Blockchain
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