Tim Berners-Lee: The inventor of the World Wide Web, Berners-Lee has been a vocal advocate for online privacy and decentralization. He’s the force behind Solid, a project that aims to decentralize personal data on the web.
Juan Benet: The founder of Protocol Labs, Benet has developed several projects like IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) and Filecoin that aim to decentralize web storage and content distribution.
Gavin Wood: Having previously been involved in the development 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 infrastructure, 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 future and potential of the decentralized web.