All things and everything about decentralization: news, announcements, proposals, and discussions about decentralized apps, protocols and communities.
- decentralized web (dweb)
- peer-to-peer (P2P)
- file-sharing (_e.g._, BitTorrent, IPFS, and Gnutella)
- self-hosting
- federation (_e.g._, ActivityPub/Fediverse and Bluesky)
- federated apps (_e.g._, Mastodon, Lemmy, and Pixelfed)
- cryptocurrencies (_e.g._, Bitcoin and Ethereum)
# Rules
1. Be polite and follow the rules of our instance [lemmy.world](https://legal.lemmy.world/tos).
2. "Follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others."
4. With respect to peer-to-peer and file-sharing technologies, refrain from posting illegal *content* (piracy) or links to it.
5. With respect to cryptocurrencies, refrain from
1. posting initial coin offerings (ICOs) and giveaways
2. posting referral and promo links/codes