https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/c/ecosystem/ Recent content in Ecosystem on Swarm Hive Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:01 +0000 https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2024/depin-helps-onboard-the-next-million-crypto-users/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:01 +0000 https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2024/depin-helps-onboard-the-next-million-crypto-users/ NOTE: This blog was originally published at https://telegra.ph/DePIN-New-Web3-Buzzword–Swarms-Reality-06-03 Web3 has been an industry that gives birth to multiple cross-industry trends. There were the ICOs and early NFTs in 2017, DeFi and play-to-earn in 2020, the second wave of NFTs — this time it hit even the big auction houses — in 2021-2022, memecoins coming to all new public chains with low fees every once in a while, and the rising wave of blockchain + AI starting in 2023. https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2024/the-origins-of-swarm/ Wed, 08 May 2024 00:00:01 +0000 https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2024/the-origins-of-swarm/ NOTE: This blog was originally published at https://telegra.ph/The-Origins-of-Swarm-05-08 It struck us that it has been 10 years since the idea of Swarm was formulated. Can you believe it is one decade old? That’s a real shocker! Let’s go 10 years back and see how it all started. Inception The grand idea behind Swarm is a decentralized storage and messaging system built on blockchain. It originated within the cradle of Ethereum and serves as a permissionless private storage infrastructure for dApp code, user data, blockchain data, state data, and any data you wish to store privately, securely, and for an indefinite time. https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2023/swarm-association-announces-phase-2-of-the-wikipedia-on-swarm-prize./ Tue, 17 Jan 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2023/swarm-association-announces-phase-2-of-the-wikipedia-on-swarm-prize./ The Wikipedia on Swarm prize Swarm is a decentralised and censorship-resistant storage and communication system that enables digital freedoms. The Wikipedia Prize, launched at the Swarm Summer Solstice event in June 2022, sought for a solution that observes a Wikipedia offline archive and uploads it to the Swarm network, and it had an initial reward pot of 50k DAI to be paid in BZZ. The goal was to allow for Wikipedia in any language to be easily uploaded to the Swarm network, making it resilient to the potential grip of censorship. https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2022/announcing-50k-dai-prize-to-make-wikipedia-unstoppable/ Mon, 20 Jun 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2022/announcing-50k-dai-prize-to-make-wikipedia-unstoppable/ The Swarm Association is announcing a 50,000 DAI “Wikipedia on Swarm” prize (paid in BZZ) for a solution that observes a Wikipedia offline archive and uploads it to the Swarm network. The goal is to allow for Wikipedia in any language to be easily uploaded to the Swarm network, making it resilient to the potential grip of censorship. A push for freedom of information Swarm is a decentralised and censorship-resistant storage and communication system that enables digital freedoms. https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2022/swarm-as-a-platform-for-a-self-sovereign-digital-society/ Sun, 13 Mar 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2022/swarm-as-a-platform-for-a-self-sovereign-digital-society/ The text below is a recap of Viktor Tron’s talk from the We Are Millions Hackathon (WAM) and Festival. You can listen to the entire talk here. One of the defining traits of a self-sovereign society is that it interacts globally through a digital medium, freely and fairly, said Viktor. Unfortunately, unequal distribution of resources acts as a restriction on equality, because it follows the law of distribution — a small minority owns the majority of resources and vice versa. https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2022/kiwix-and-swarm-partner-up-to-preserve-free-online-access-to-information/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2022/kiwix-and-swarm-partner-up-to-preserve-free-online-access-to-information/ The world is facing extreme uncertainty amidst a socio-economic crisis, and censorship is ramping up to levels never seen before. As a main source of information on the Web throughout the world, Wikipedia is regularly the target of censorship attempts and information manipulation as part of various political and geopolitical strategies. It is crucial to keep the internet open and freedom of speech intact, getting all the factual information and different perspectives to form our own informed opinions. https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2021/retro-chic-is-always-cool.-so-is-winamp-on-swarm./ Sat, 06 Nov 2021 23:00:00 +0000 https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2021/retro-chic-is-always-cool.-so-is-winamp-on-swarm./ If you started to listen to mp3s at the turn of the century, there’s a very good chance you did it on Winamp. The iconic music player has amassed an almost cult-like following that persists to this day. No wonder someone was bound to show up and decide to bring it to life in a Web3 setting. That’s exactly what happened. A user called “kacy” published a Winamp clone on the IPFS network and shared his work with the community on the Hacker News forum. https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2021/to-build-a-project-on-swarm-plan-for-what-features-swarm-will-provide-in-three-years-time-a-talk-by-elad-verbin/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 22:00:00 +0000 https://blog.ethswarm.org/hive/2021/to-build-a-project-on-swarm-plan-for-what-features-swarm-will-provide-in-three-years-time-a-talk-by-elad-verbin/ “The most powerful force is social collaboration and Swarm will empower thousands of developers to create a rich ecosystem to supercharge our lives.” TL;DR: In 2024 Swarm will be a fully decentralised world database, an unstoppable machine powered by microtransactions. The key economic insight is that hosting will be supported by users, enabling open innovation, interoperability and lowering the barriers for colonies. Developers will not need a profit model in advance; this will completely change how they work, how they make money, and what the end users will get.