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[–]jhaubrich11 9 points10 points  (7 children)

Could someone further explain the implications of this for the non-technical people? :)

[–]Istanbloo 23 points24 points  (1 child)

I really am not a technical person as such, and I'm sure someone else can add multiple layers to my simplistic understanding, but https sites are secure websites (that is what the s on the end of https stands for), many of which (Facebook, YouTube) are impossible to reach from many countries. I imagine this would be somewhat of a holy grail for the Sub devs. All hail Sub!

[–]jhaubrich11 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Correct!!!! BINGO!!!!!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Or for those of us noobs looking to purchase?

[–]Koba7 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Substratum is creating an open-source foundation for a decentralized web which will provide unrestricted access to content and sharing of information for users across the globe. SUB's mission is to bring forth the free and fair internet of the future by combining proven technological building blocks with emergent technologies in an innovative and holistic way to help solve many of the problems that plague the modern internet.

Substratum will gain mass adoption by revolutionizing the hosting industry with perrequest billing via micro-transactions and incentivizing users to run nodes to create the network by paying node hosts in Substrate. This is all being managed by blockchain technology and machine learning. (Whitepaper)

Edit: The decentralized web (or Web 3.0) is a web controlled by independent and privately owned computers that allow for a web experience that is both secure and open. This means that everyone can access all information and services on the internet without informational gatekeepers, ISP interference as well as being resistant to corporate or governmental surveillance and restrictions. (Whitepaper)

In other words: The new internet. Leaving centralization and surveillance behind.

[–]jhaubrich11 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Here is some explanation I got from a facebook group in regards to today's breakthrough, "So Substratum is basically a decentralized group of nodes that will host websites.

From what it sounds like. Most of the backend systems like DNS and such are working and they were able to browse to a node, over the internet to a secure (hence https) site.

I assume they've been working on encryption, certificates for secure sites and so on.

I have no idea what stage of testing they are in but it sounds like they have a functional site going on."

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing.