AKASHA Project is now accessible !

AKASHA Project is now accessible also from Mist and classic web browsers running the MetaMask and IPFS Companion extensions!

✨Internets here we come!✨

You can now try #AKASHA at http://beta.akasha.world from browsers running the @metamask_io & @IPFSbot extensions!
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Check our latest blogpost for more details: https://blog.akasha.world/2018/04/18/akasha-web-mend-the-gap/

KEY NOTES:

We have been asked many times how AKASHA is different from a number of social networks, including Facebook. In an attempt to summarize some of the biggest differences, we arrived at the following list:

Firstly, AKASHA does not track you. We all take privacy very seriously and strongly believe that your client-side data should be private by default. This is why both the web app and desktop app are free of analytics software.

Secondly, AKASHA does not follow you around with pesky ads. We believe that advertising is not a sustainable business model because it ultimately leads to privacy erosion for the users. This is why we are determined to explore alternative business models.

Thirdly, we take decentralization seriously and strongly believe that it is the only way forward for a healthy information-based society. This is why, for example, the web version has the IPFS part completely rewritten to enable browser peer-to-peer communication.

Fourthly, we believe that people should own their digital identity and have full control over it. This is why your AKASHA identity key is generated locally on your machine and accessible only to you.

Fifthly, as an AKASHA user you are in full control of your information flow and there is no middle-man or black-box algorithm deciding on your behalf what information you’re entitled to see or not. This is why the content is rendered client-side according to the user’s preferences.

Sixthly, this is not about competing with the “big guys” or building “the next Facebook”. This is about creating a new channel of expression so the people can keep the “big guys” in check. In a similar vein, we fully acknowledge that there is a long way to go until we can compete heads on with giants like Facebook, but AKASHA can still be a valuable alternative in the meantime - especially in times like these when the problem is Facebook itself.

Finally, AKASHA will not conduct an “ICO” just for the purpose of raising money. We are a self-funded and experiment-driven project and since unveiling AKASHA 2 years ago, we released 3 major dapps (alpha, beta, web) without outside investments and plan on testing the code thoroughly before any “real” money flows through it. If there will be an “ICO” then it will be for a token that actually solves an otherwise “unsolvable problem” in the overall system.

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