On The Brink with Castle Island Urbit (Christian Langalis and Logan Allen) (EP.17)
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Nov 11, 2019 Christian Langalis and Logan Allen from Tlon join the show to discuss Urbit, a project aiming to restore sovereignty on the internet. They explore Urbit's relationship with Bitcoin, the need for a new computing substrate, and the concept of digital sovereignty. They also discuss the marketing strategy of targeting functional programmers and the potential of Urbit and Bitcoin in abolishing internet oligopolies.
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Urbit Restores Computing Sovereignty
- Urbit reinvents the entire internet stack from scratch to restore personal computing sovereignty.
- It offers peer-to-peer communication without intermediaries like today's oppressive tech oligopolies.
Christian's Journey into Urbit
- Christian found Urbit through exploring decentralized reputation systems in 2017.
- It seemed complex at first, but embracing it led him to work there and become a core advocate.
Urbit is a Personal Server OS
- Urbit is a personal server OS designed to let users run their own servers easily.
- It reverses decades of centralized client-server paradigms, giving individuals control over their digital identity and communication.