Why Does ICP Exist? I don't blame people shitting on $ICP because of the dump in price. They do so because they don't understand $ICP, so I took my time to explain the existence of $ICP ———♠——————♠——— If you want to understand ICP, you have to start with the why. Why would anyone try to build a “world computer” in the first place? ———♠——————♠——— The answer goes back to the way the internet evolved. When the web was first created, it was meant to be open and decentralized. Anyone could set up a server, publish a website, and connect to the world. But over time, control got pulled into the hands of a few giants — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta. They own the servers, the data centers, the platforms. Today’s internet is incredibly powerful, but it’s also deeply centralized. ———♠——————♠——— @dfinity, the foundation behind ICP, looked at this and asked: what if we could rebuild the internet so that it runs on cryptography instead of corporations? What if apps, data, and...
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