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siiky

2023/01/20

2023/01/20

en

Someone just sent me this:

> Behind the scenes, ShapeShift DAO has been building something called Arkeo.

>

> It's a decentralized backend for nodes.

>

> If you've ever thought, "sucks that everyone uses centralized node infrastructure like Infura..." then you'll understand what Arkeo is solving.

> ShapeShift decided to build this because it ran into this very problem: how can we be a *truly* decentralized app when we're calling blockchain data from centralized node companies?

>

> If your node provider can shut off your access, it ain't permissionless. Arkeo is.

> Arkeo works by incentivizing independent node operators to run arbitrary nodes on whatever chains they wish. Someone could run a Bitcoin node only, or a suite of nodes across multiple chains.

> Services that consume node data pay for that data (@infura_io is great... but they can censor you: they're centralized).

>

> With Arkeo, all such services now have a permissionless alternative.

> The entire project has been DAO organized and funded.

>

> No VCs own it

> No corporate entities control it

> It ain't "based" anywhere

>

> The revolution will not be centralized. Enjoy!

The Thinker

Gee, wouldn't it be fuckin' A if we didn't need to trust any one single entity to interact with a distributed network?!