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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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𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮?
Different people know different things about us, and that’s completely normal. Friends, colleagues, employers, institutions and the services we use all meet us in different contexts. We don’t give every one of them the same access to our lives.
Privacy scholar 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐮𝐦, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡, describes privacy as “𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.”
Something can be perfectly appropriate to share in one situation and completely out of place in another.
Online, those boundaries are easier to lose.
The same email, phone number, wallet address or persistent identifier can connect activity that happened in completely different parts of your life.
Digital identity now has to solve both aspects of that problem: continuity when we need it, without making everything automatically linkable.
Inside SourceLess, 𝐒𝐓𝐑.𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 is a human-readable identity recorded on-chain, purchased once and owned for life, and used across connected services. 𝐙𝐊𝟏𝟑 is being developed so that using the same identity doesn’t have to mean revealing the same information every time — ownership or certain attributes can be verified without exposing the information underneath.
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐩.
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐓𝐑.𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 at https://www.str.domains .
#SourceLess #STRDomains #DigitalIdentity #Privacy #ZeroKnowledge #DigitalOwnership #Web3
Different people know different things about us, and that’s completely normal. Friends, colleagues, employers, institutions and the services we use all meet us in different contexts. We don’t give every one of them the same access to our lives.
Privacy scholar 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐮𝐦, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡, describes privacy as “𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.”
Something can be perfectly appropriate to share in one situation and completely out of place in another.
Online, those boundaries are easier to lose.
The same email, phone number, wallet address or persistent identifier can connect activity that happened in completely different parts of your life.
Digital identity now has to solve both aspects of that problem: continuity when we need it, without making everything automatically linkable.
Inside SourceLess, 𝐒𝐓𝐑.𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 is a human-readable identity recorded on-chain, purchased once and owned for life, and used across connected services. 𝐙𝐊𝟏𝟑 is being developed so that using the same identity doesn’t have to mean revealing the same information every time — ownership or certain attributes can be verified without exposing the information underneath.
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐩.
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐓𝐑.𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 at https://www.str.domains .
#SourceLess #STRDomains #DigitalIdentity #Privacy #ZeroKnowledge #DigitalOwnership #Web3
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You can change mobile providers and keep your phone number.
Online, switching services can still mean starting over. You might be able to download some of your data, but your history, settings, connections or identity can remain tied to the service you’re leaving.
Europe has been pushing against that kind of lock-in for years. GDPR gives people the right to transfer certain personal data, while the EU Data Act requires providers to remove barriers to switching.
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.
Inside SourceLess, an STR.Domain is purchased once and owned for life. The same identity can be used across connected services instead of creating a new one each time. It already works with StrTalk and is being connected to finance, AI, the browser and other services.
#SourceLess #STRDomains #DigitalIdentity #DigitalOwnership #DataPortability #Web3
Online, switching services can still mean starting over. You might be able to download some of your data, but your history, settings, connections or identity can remain tied to the service you’re leaving.
Europe has been pushing against that kind of lock-in for years. GDPR gives people the right to transfer certain personal data, while the EU Data Act requires providers to remove barriers to switching.
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.
Inside SourceLess, an STR.Domain is purchased once and owned for life. The same identity can be used across connected services instead of creating a new one each time. It already works with StrTalk and is being connected to finance, AI, the browser and other services.
#SourceLess #STRDomains #DigitalIdentity #DigitalOwnership #DataPortability #Web3
