Social networks have become some of the most important places for communication, entertainment, news, and community building. Billions of people use them to share ideas, follow creators, discover projects, and connect with others around the world.

Cryptocurrency was built on the idea that people should not have to blindly trust a central authority. Instead, networks can use transparent rules, cryptography, and distributed consensus to let participants independently verify what is happening. Open-source software is a natural extension of that philosophy.

The internet depends on enormous amounts of stored data. Photos, websites, documents, application files, videos, and blockchain-related information all need somewhere to live. Traditionally, most of that data has been stored on servers controlled by companies, cloud providers, or other centralized organizations.