Re­decentra­lize social

It’s over 10 years since we started Redecentralize.org to explore and advocate for a more accountable, resilient and decentralised web and net.

In that time we’ve seen big tech platforms enshittify (and got this word for it now), we’ve seen the crypto-currency hype come and go, we’ve seen the political power of platforms become a mainstream worry.

Meanwhile decentralisation has snowballed into a whole scene, and some great alternatives have flourished. The fediverse appeared, new protocols such as Matrix and IPFS developed, and CRDTs gave rise to local-first software. Even in established institutions, open source is slowly becoming the new normal, and some legislation we wanted (e.g. on data protection and interoperability) is happening.

Join the Redecentralize team Francis, Ira and Gerben for a drink to catch up, compare notes, look back and wonder where it (and we!) will all go next.