#19: Players of Modular versus Integrated Content Indexing
Most decentralized social projects follow a modular approach using existing blockchains while DeSo is following an integrated approach by creating a new layer 1 blockchain
To bring the power of blockchains to mainstream internet applications which are data-heavy, we need to shift from the current paradigm of general-purpose blockchains to application-specific…
A variety of blockchain approaches are trying to solve the data bottleneck of blockchains ranging from modular approaches like Farcaster to integrated approach like DeSo
While blockchains have been long touted as the solution to decentralize the internet, they have struggled beyond financial applications because of heavy data storage needs of the internet