Three protocols and a future of the decentralized internet
The biggest challenge I&#x27;ve seen with using decentralized systems today is with on-boarding the average user into them. As @woah mentions, the process isn&#x27;t straightforward and even remotely close to signing for a facebook or ig account. I think there are a few problems that&#x27;ll need to be solved before all this is actually usable.<p>(There&#x27;s definitely a parallel here with the AOL and CompuServes of the world vs the open web, but not quite)<p>- It almost feels like that for a variety of decentralized protocols to take root, someone will have to build a browser-equivalent (or perhaps an extension to an existing one) that allows the normal user to partake of these new systems in one place. That means, a chrome or firefox style system that supports IPFS, but also offers tools for ActivityPub and SSB and whatnot - in the same way netscape navigator used to be bundled with a news reader, a web browser and an email client.<p>- The next challenge is to get the average user to use this on the <i>mobile</i> and then the desktop. That&#x27;s a problem best solved by modeling this as an app - and there needs to be a reason for the average user to use this. The words &quot;killer app&quot; come to mind, but honestly, even if there was something slightly more useful that current services provide that built on top of this - it would be helpful. I&#x27;d download this new &quot;chrome&quot; on my phone and use it. Is there something out there that people think can be that?<p>- Lastly, we&#x27;ll need to democratize information and app creation for this browser.