Connect with us
Prague Gaming & TECH Summit 2025 (25-26 March)

Blockchain

Revolution Populi Begins Mission to Decolonize the Internet

Published

on

Reading Time: 2 minutes

 

Writing on Medium on the 4th of July, famed Yale University computer scientist David Gelernter called for a populist revolution against Facebook and outlined ‘three grievances’ against the company, advocating for a massive public database built on blockchain, and a social crypto-marketplace as a replacement.

In the new marketplace and social network designed by Dr. Gelernter, which will sit on top of the public database, advertisers pay users for their content, and consumer’s control their data as they see fit. It’s Facebook upside down.

“If we don’t act soon, we will surrender our natural digital property rights to Facebook and other companies who have colonized the Internet,” says Dr. Gelernter, who invented the world’s first social network and cloud and will serve as Chief Visionary Officer for Revolution Populi. “The data that describes you is your life  ̶  it belongs to you, not to Facebook, nor any of these companies.”

As part of the announcement, Revolution Populi unveiled its website and White Paper, which calls for the creation of a decentralized, publicly-governed blockchain database, which any company or organization will be able to access, and the company’s vision for a maiden social app to begin feeding the database its data.

Advertisement

“The solution is elegantly simple,” says Rob Rosenthal, CEO of Revolution Populi. “It’s a public blockchain database with apps sitting on top of it. That’s it. If you look at the arc of David’s career, you’ll see that he has a unique ability to design the future. The solution that he’s putting forward with our team today will ultimately stand as the public database of the future, an engine for extraordinary innovation, fairness, and limitless possibilities.”

The ecosystem that Gelernter and his colleagues envision will be one in which advertisers pay users directly in cryptocurrency, and users then use that money for digital services like music streaming, or as straight income. The company itself will make money as a cryptocurrency exchange and intends to fund these efforts through a token sale, with more details to be released soon.

Revolution Populi was founded by four leaders from distinct backgrounds: Dr. David Gelernter, the renowned computer scientist, futurist, artist and cultural critic who teaches at Yale UniversityRob Rosenthal, a 19-year veteran of Goldman Sachs and former NYC punk rock artist who once ran for US Congress with $300, taking over 20% of the vote; Dr. Paolo Coppola, an engineer, entrepreneur, doctor and Academy Award winning film producer; and Todd Aydelotte, an award-winning technology public relations professional.

 

SOURCE Revolution Populi

Advertisement

Blockchain

Fintech as a Service Market: A Comprehensive Trends Analysis Predicts a USD 1,329.12 Billion by 2032 CAGR: 17.4% | PMR

Published

on

fintech-as-a-service-market:-a-comprehensive-trends-analysis-predicts-a-usd-1,32912-billion-by-2032-cagr:-17.4%-|-pmr
Continue Reading

Blockchain

Bybit Web3 Launches World’s Largest GameFi Playground at Crypto Ark-ade as GameFi Market Size Surges to $20bn

Published

on

bybit-web3-launches-world’s-largest-gamefi-playground-at-crypto-ark-ade-as-gamefi-market-size-surges-to-$20bn
Continue Reading

Blockchain

Money Transfer Apps Industry Worth $47.67 Billion by 2029 – Regional Markets Analysis and Profiles of Leading Players PayPal, Western Union Financial Services, Wise Payments, Remitly, WorldRemit, Revolut & More

Published

on

money-transfer-apps-industry-worth-$47.67-billion-by-2029-–-regional-markets-analysis-and-profiles-of-leading-players-paypal,-western-union-financial-services,-wise-payments,-remitly,-worldremit,-revolut-&-more

Global Money Transfer App Market

Continue Reading
Advertisement
 title=
Advertisement

Latest News

Recent Listings

  • Global Payout, Inc.

    Since the Company’s inception in 2009, Global Payout, Inc. has been a leading provider of compreh...

  • MTrac Tech Corp.

    MTrac Tech Corporation, a Nevada Corporation, is a privately held, wholly owned subsidiary of Glo...

  • Net1

    Net1 is a leading provider of transaction processing services, financial inclusion products ...

  • uBUCK Technologies SEZC

    Based in Georgetown, Cayman Islands, uBUCK Tech is a fintech enterprise that specializes in digit...

  • LiteLink Technologies Inc.

      LiteLink is a major player in developing world-class enterprise platforms that utilize ar...

  • Good Gamer Corp.

      Good Gamer Corp. is a privately-held technology company focusing on gamers and streamers....

  • BitPay

      Founded in 2011, BitPay pioneered blockchain payment processing with the mission of trans...

  • About Net1

      Net1 is a leading provider of transaction processing services, financial inclusion produc...

  • Blockchain Foundry Inc.

    Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Blockchain Foundry (CSE:BCFN)(FWB:8BF)(OTC:BLFDF) is a global b...

  • Sixgill

    Sixgill provides a full suite of universal data automation and authenticity products and services...

Trending on TBE