Top 10 Decentralized Web experts to follow

by | Oct 10, 2023 | Futurist Blog

Tim Berners-Lee: The of the Wide Web, Berners-Lee has been a vocal advocate for online privacy and decentralization. He's the force behind Solid, a project aims to decentralize personal on the web.

Juan Benet: The of Protocol Labs, Benet has developed several projects IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) and Filecoin that aim to decentralize web and content distribution.

Gavin Wood: Having previously been involved in the of Ethereum, Wood's current project, Polkadot, seeks to create a decentralized web platform where multiple blockchains can interoperate seamlessly.

Muneeb Ali: As the co-founder of Blockstack, Ali is aiming to build a user-friendly internet where users control their data, and apps run locally without remote servers.

Vitalik Buterin: The co-founder of Ethereum, Buterin's vision of a decentralized web involves using Ethereum's platform for creating decentralized applications (dApps), leading the shift from Web2 to Web3.

Jutta Steiner: As the CEO of Parity Technologies, Steiner focuses on building core blockchain , including Parity Ethereum, an Ethereum client, and Substrate, a platform for creating custom blockchains.

Matthew Hodgson: A driving force behind the Matrix protocol, Hodgson envisions a decentralized messaging and data synchronization protocol for the web, which can be used for real-time communications.

Sam Williams: The CEO of Arweave, Williams is creating a decentralized storage platform that ensures data is permanent, low-cost, and tamper-proof, aiming to preserve humanity's history.

Trent McConaghy: Through his venture Ocean Protocol, McConaghy is working on democratizing data, allowing anyone to share and monetize their information without intermediaries, thus contributing to a decentralized web.

Dani Grant: As part of the team at Union Square Ventures, Grant has focused on investments in Web3 technologies and frequently shares insightful analysis on the and potential of the decentralized web.

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