Cloudflare will run Ethereum 2.0 nodes to ‘build a better internet’

Content delivery network Cloudflare has said that it will run Ethereum 2.0 nodes to help “build a better internet”.

Decentralised app platform Ethereum aims to be the foundation of web3. How does web3 differ from previous eras? Glad you asked.

Web1 (~1990-2005) – Based on open protocols, decentralised, and community-governed. However, relatively basic in terms of functionality.Web2 (~2005-present) – Siloed, centralised services with value and content ownership...

18 May 2022 | Networks

Web 3.0 storage provider Filecoin reaches 2.5EiB capacity

Filecoin, the largest decentralised storage provider, has surpassed 2.5 exbibytes (2.5 billion gigabytes) of capacity.

The provider is aiming to be the storage backbone for Web 3.0, the next evolution of Tim Berners-Lee’s invention which returns to his original vision of a medium where “no permission is needed from a central authority to post anything ... there is no central controlling node, and so no single point of failure ... and no “kill...

17 February 2021 | Telecoms