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Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, whose mission is to preserve humanity’s most important information.
Early 🐦 passes for @grayarea.org Festival 2025 are out now!
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So great to have the team @techsoup.bsky.social be a part of this work.
09.05.2025 23:02 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Empowering community archives through decentralized technology. 💪
The Cultural Memory Lab just announced its inaugural cohort.
Discover how three standout projects will explore how decentralized tools can preserve cultural memory ↓
acceleratingmakers.publicgoodapphouse.org/blog/_blog-p...
The internet we have isn't the internet we wanted.
In National Review, Luke Hogg from Foundation for American Innovation explains how to decentralize control of the web ↓
www.nationalreview.com/magazine/202...
they follow the “enshittification” pattern: “first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves.”
25.01.2025 05:41 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1This is the reason why I took interest in blockchain at all. I have been hugely disappointed by the crypto sphere, but I still that some of this tech can be used for a better web. Some saw in mid 2010s that big data was a massive threat to democracy, and they have been proven right by now.
11.02.2025 16:42 — 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0But there’s hope for these irreplaceable cultural artifacts. Our project partner Prelinger Archives is preserving what would otherwise be lost.
Read more from @footage.bsky.social in @archive.org 's Vanishing Culture series : blog.archive.org/2025/03/05/v...
Millions of memories are silently disappearing.
What we're losing:
– Home movies - our collective history
– "Useful cinema" - like educational & industrial films
At #SXSW in Austin on March 8, 2025, let’s work together to restore some balance and agency that is driven by the value of human generated content.
Thank you to our sponsor, the John S. and James L. @knightfoundation.org for making this event possible.
Secure your spot today: loom.ly/Zg06A6c
March 4th (online) from 4-6 PM PT
March 9th (in-person, Bay Area) from 1-4 PM PT
Save your spot today: events.techsoup.org/events/detai...
✅ Protect against centralized risks and data loss
✅ Increase security with tamper-proof records
✅ Empower your organization with more control over digital artifacts
✅ Reduce storage costs with scalable, decentralized alternatives
Join us for a two-part series to explore how decentralized storage can help you:
27.02.2025 16:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0New project updates from the @spritelyinst.bsky.social team!
Hoot 0.6.0 is live! Hoot is a Scheme to WebAssembly compiler backend for Guile, as well as a general purpose WebAssembly toolchain.
Learn more about the latest DWeb developments:
spritely.institute/news/guile-h...
ProofMode by Guardian Project is an application for authenticating and verifying multimedia content captured on smartphones. Thanks for the support @ffdweb.org ! www.centerforadigitalfuture.org/blog/60kqfdg...
10.02.2025 20:33 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The Cultural Memory Lab is offering $2,000 to $5,000 in funding for 3-5 community-driven archiving projects with support from @techsoup.bsky.social , @grayarea.org, and FFDW.
Are you one? Apply.
Know one? Share this post with them!
Applications close Sunday!
grayarea.org/initiative/c...
In 2024, Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) made significant strides in advancing the decentralized web, preserving humanity's most critical information, and supporting the adoption of decentralized technologies.
Read the full report↓
ffdweb.org/blog/ffdw-20...
Cory Doctorow’s piece explores how large centralized platform’s control over the configuration settings have robbed us of autonomy, while making the internet less than it could and should be.
🔗: ffdweb.org/digest/twidd...
In her essay, @naomibrockwell.bsky.social puts in very real terms why everyone should be thinking about how decentralized data, which we can control ourselves, is a necessary element for protecting our own privacy.
ffdweb.org/digest/why-w...
Cultural Memory Lab AMA on 1/15 at 12 pm ET – Sign up now!
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Don’t miss your chance to join the Cultural Memory Lab!
A 4-month incubator program with up to $5K in funding + support from @grayarea.org, @techsoup.bsky.social, and FFDW
Applications close February 2!
grayarea.org/initiative/c...
This piece from @kurtopsahl.bsky.social reminds us how code is expression and needs to be free if we want to realize the dream of the decentralized web.
ffdweb.org/digest/recog...
It’s great to return to this great essay by @mmasnick.bsky.social
Decentralization isn’t just a technological concept, but a framework that we can use to re-envision how society works today and in the future.
ffdweb.org/digest/decen...
Decentralized technology can help community-driven archives widen the lens on how we view the past, giving people the power to own their stories.
If this sounds like something your organization could benefit from, the application is linked below:
Share with your friends and colleagues too!
Timeline:
– Apply by: Feb 2, 2025
– Program runs: March-June 2025
– Features virtual check-ins & final showcase
– Up to $5k in funding
– Access to Gray Area’s DWeb for Creators course
– Technical support from FFDW
– 4-month incubator program
– Global, virtual participation
Here’s what we’re looking for…
✨Exciting news: Cultural Memory Lab is here!
An incubator empowering archives, libraries, museums, & more to preserve collective memory using decentralized tech.
A collaboration between @grayarea.org, @techsoup.bsky.social , & FFDW
The details …↓
grayarea.org/initiative/c...
Over the past six months, TRANSFER, with support from FFDW and others, has been designing an artist-owned decentralized archive and cooperative value exchange network.
They’ve hit some exciting milestones along the way! Check it out ↓
Last year’s was uploaded to Filecoin and IPFS for resilient storage!
Watch here↓
archive.org/details/llsf...
SF❤️ 🌉
Featuring 400 newly scanned archival films, watch this year’s LOST LANDSCAPES from @footage.bsky.social and team!
Tonight
Grab your ticket. See you there!
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Tonight and tomorrow: Join us at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco for the 19th edition of Rick Prelinger (@footage.bsky.social)'s Lost Landscapes of San Francisco! longnow.org/ideas/lost-l...
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