User-centric data on Web3

Disco.xyz — This protocol supports the personal data backpack that you own and travels with you across Web2 and Web3 social media. This is a big deal and important so that users truly own any of their data and decide where their data should be at.

Thirty years into mass adoption of the Internet, our data architectures are still based on the concept of the stand-alone computer, where data is centrally stored and managed on a server, and sent or retrieved by a client. Every time we interact over the Internet, copies of our data get sent to the server of a service provider, and every time that ... See more

The separation of the “identifier,” “authentication,” and “data” is crucial to a user-centric setup. It can be seen as a system of checks and balances in a data-driven economy that guarantees the level of autonomy and privacy over one’s digital footprint, and is very contrary to how the Internet is set up today. Using a public infrastructure such a... See more