ETM Show #28: A New Free and Open Internet using a Decentralized Blockchain

Emerging Tech Mastery (ETM)

On this episode we discuss Qortal, a community driven initiative aimed at making a new, user operated internet that leverages Blockchain's data security.

Rather than focusing on token price and getting on more exchanges like other projects, Qortal focuses on making a usable, decentralized data infrastructure.
The community and even User Interface (UI) harkens back to the vibes behind Torrents, Warez and even mIRC in the 90's-2000s.
To elaborate we brought on one of the founders, Jason Crowe, co-founder of Qortal and long time IT professional.
After listening to this episode you will learn:

• Who the Cipherpunks were and what they stood for
• How the internet was supposed to be free and open but eventually become centrally controlled
• Specific choke points of data and the World Wide Web (WWW) by big entities
• What a block is and why it is needed to form a "Blockchain"
• How Bitcoin began free and open but devolved into cartel control over time
• The downfall of Proof of Work (PoW) and Proof of Stake (PoS)
• Why most Blockchains are unnecessarily large and cumbersome data sets
• How Qortal was designed for all users to run a full node on modest tech like a Raspberry Pi 4
• Why Qortal doesn't put ALL the data on the Blockchain but instead uses a clever approach with hashes
• How they keep their currently 3 year old Blockchain to a 5-20 GB max file size
• How their upgraded "torrent tech" inspired data network aims for censorship-resistance through this novel approach to data creation

For show notes and additional free resources please visit: https://www.emergingtechmastery.com/qortal/