I think we need more docs/tooling/outreach/examples/partnerships to improve adoption.
Public providers are only there for convenience, I agree that true security is only achieved by running things locally (eg. like TOR does).
We are making a lot of efforts on this side:
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regular updates in security and usability: https://x.com/massachain/status/1952788525658570787
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strong documentation and security education: Privacy and Security | Massa Documentation
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deweb massa station plugin to allow running a local provider from massa station in a single click: https://x.com/massachain/status/1924871809985319059
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native support with partners, in the Decentr browser bringing both partnerships and true Onion-style usability: https://x.com/massachain/status/1929818127300268130 (there you can directly type mysite.massa in the address bar and it will open the site through a local provider)
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massa station plugin to also run a local node for max security: https://x.com/massachain/status/1954170236040606102
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ongoing work to improve support for local RPCs in Station: CTA add network in Station rpc list · Issue #16 · massalabs/node-manager-plugin · GitHub
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ongoing work to improve deweb visibility in Station: Update Station deweb page · Issue #1413 · massalabs/station · GitHub
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ongoing work to support deweb on the Station mobile wallet https://x.com/massachain/status/1952337857575559599
In terms of deweb outreach, beyond the Adamant partnership:
- the Akindo hackathon is running to teach developers and future users of the developed applications to use the deweb: https://x.com/massachain/status/1937834885294534842 and there are already quite a few interesting submissions that use deweb, take a look ! I saw this one for example https://mchan.deweb.half-red.net/
- KOL/influencer campaign ongoing to promote the deweb (see our AMA: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1dRJZYavgoAGB)
- we are presenting deweb at many conferences (see for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIkSX9rqMXs )
- we are also making and promoting videos like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW56dlUAd7A
- as well as tutorial videos like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WNP1wDs4TI or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g7sUK9pO1I
- we organized deweb contests: https://x.com/massachain/status/1921253220472820160
- the massabits campaign has points for deweb related stuff https://x.com/massachain/status/1938268349999243458
- internally we are now using deweb as a standard for our products:
mns.massa,deweb.massa,dws.massa,vesting.massa,syntra.massaetc…
We are exploring further outreach, products and partnerships, and we also welcome any ideas from the community!