Blockstack a browser project based on Blockchain technology, to decentralize the web and use the internet without having to go through the servers of the web page in question.
When we browse with Chrome, Firefox or whatever browser, the data usually passes through several servers before they reach their destination, which allows a friend of others during this transit, either at the intermediate point or at the end point of the process, someone intercepts it and gets data for their own interest. The idea is based on the decentralization of web browsing, something that is not new. BitTorrent already tried with the ill-fated Maelstrom project that did not get anywhere, but from Blockstack, who will take over in terms of the development of a browser based on the blockchain.
We must emphasize that we increasingly have a great dependence on the cloud. Currently, the big ones in the market use hyper-connected services, which means adding more and more personal information to remote servers, or as an alternative solution, this data travels constantly between users (without knowing it). The benefits are important, but this raises great doubts. This could lead to profiling and analysis, personalized advertising, the Big Data monster, and security breaches allow you to think of parallel options. The solution is decentralization, something fundamental in file exchange spaces and cryptocurrencies, which Bitcoin currently leads.
The Blockstack project wants to develop a decentralized project and the solution is to be based on the blockchain. This solution relva already four years in development, but they have announced its existence at the moment, because they already have an initial version designed for developers interested in creating applications that work in a decentralized way and, what's more, that they do not run in a decentralized way. complete in the browser. This has a code that has an extension for Chrome, Safari and Noodles, the most important browsers on the market.
The idea is still in development, but it looks good. There is still time for the development of this utility to work and then it will be necessary to know how it will work and if it will do it correctly and quickly. Decentralized services are still limited to certain specified utilities and blockchain already has an extremely complete foundation. We must say that the idea of obtaining data from pages or services using different sources without having to go through corporate servers, has problems to solve before it becomes a reality. We will see what happens in the next few months.
Source: blockstack
