Sublime

Releasing ESPLR - a local ETH block explorer. Big problem of ecosystem is reliance on 3rd party RPCs (infura, alchemy, quicknode). Also reliance on 3rd party explorers (etherscan). They track users: it makes system one big panopticon. Local nodes can make the situation better! https://t.co/6b2WZYQegN

The “digital footprint” of all users is often stored in plain text (not encrypted) on the servers of the companies and used for data mining that creates recommendation algorithms, advertising algorithms, and other forms of user profiling that generate more income for these Internet platforms.