siiky
2023/01/20
2023/01/20
en
Behind the scenes, ShapeShift DAO has been building something called Arkeo.
It's a decentralized backend for nodes.
If you've ever thought, "sucks that everyone uses centralized node infrastructure like Infura..." then you'll understand what Arkeo is solving.
ShapeShift decided to build this because it ran into this very problem: how can we be a *truly* decentralized app when we're calling blockchain data from centralized node companies?
If your node provider can shut off your access, it ain't permissionless. Arkeo is.
Arkeo works by incentivizing independent node operators to run arbitrary nodes on whatever chains they wish. Someone could run a Bitcoin node only, or a suite of nodes across multiple chains.
Services that consume node data pay for that data (@infura_io is great... but they can censor you: they're centralized).
With Arkeo, all such services now have a permissionless alternative.
The entire project has been DAO organized and funded.
No VCs own it
No corporate entities control it
It ain't "based" anywhere
The revolution will not be centralized. Enjoy!
Gee, wouldn't it be fuckin' A if we didn't need to trust any one single entity to interact with a distributed network?!
