From the Bottom to the Top: Mai Ishikawa Sutton on the Decentralized Web

Who has power in the distributed web?

From the Bottom to the Top: Mai Ishikawa Sutton on the Decentralized Web Does decentralization guarantee equal distribution of power? Who do decentralization and distributed technologies currently benefit, and who should they benefit? The distributed web has become a common buzzword covering everything from the blockchain to peer-to-peer communication protocols and file storage. Decentralized web projects purport to solve the inherent problems with the internet as we know it today, promising to democratize internet governance through distributed ownership and control over web infrastructure. W

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