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title: 'Centralization Risk'
title: 'Centralization Risks'
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# Centralization Risk
# Centralization Risks
![](img/blocked.png)
### Why Countries Need Their Own Infrastructure
## Why Countries Need Their Own Infrastructure
The internet is not just cables; its a combination of physical infrastructure (like data centers and servers), software, and services that enable global communication and access to information. When countries dont have control over their own infrastructure, they become overly dependent on external, centralized providers, which is risky for several reasons:
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### Ukraine: A Real-Life Example of Infrastructure Targeting
## Ukraine: A Real-Life Example of Infrastructure Targeting
In the early stages of the war in Ukraine, one of the first targets was the country's data centers and communication infrastructure. Bombing these centers disrupted access to critical systems, cutting off communication and data services. This highlighted the vulnerability of relying on centralized or exposed infrastructure during conflicts.
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### The Risks of Relying on Centralized Services Like Google or Microsoft
## The Risks of Relying on Centralized Services Like Google or Microsoft
1. **Single Point of Failure**

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title: 'Something to think about.'
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# Something to think about.'
# Something to Think About...
## Would a country do this?
## Would a Country Do This?
![](img/electricity.png)
Imagine this: Would it make sense to rely on electricity thats generated far away, on the other side of the world? Youd need a super expensive cable to bring it to you, and if that cable breaks, youd lose power completely. No country would ever choose to do this because its costly, inefficient, and risky.
## Why is +70% of the world doing it for the Internet?
## Why is +70% of the World Doing it for the Internet?
![](img/we_are_doing_it_for_internet.png)
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Instead of relying on faraway systems, we should build local, decentralized internet infrastructure. Its safer, more affordable, and gives people more control over their digital lives.
Instead of relying on far away systems, we should build local, decentralized internet infrastructure. Its safer, more affordable, and gives people more control over their digital lives.

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### **5. Not to forget less than 50% of world has decent internet.**
### **5. Less than 50% of world has decent internet**
![alt text](img/fortune.png)
And we should not forget the internet is only available to 50% of the world
Finally, we should not forget that the internet is only available to 50% of the world!

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### 1. **Loss of Revenue from Booking Sites**
- Platforms like global booking and e-commerce websites often charge high commission fees, which results in local businesses losing a significant portion of their revenue.
- **Impact:** Instead of money circulating within the local economy, it is extracted and transferred to the countries where these platforms are headquartered.
- **For a small country like Zanzibar the impact of centralized booking sites means a loss of 200m USD per year**
- For a small country like Zanzibar **the impact of centralized booking sites means a loss of 200m USD per year**.
### 2. **Loss of Advertising and Marketing Dollars**
- Companies within countries purchase online advertisements primarily on platforms like Google, Facebook, and others. These platforms are headquartered in a handful of nations, meaning most of the advertising revenue flows out.

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title: 'More than cables'
title: 'More Than Cables'
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# Internet is more than the cables.
# Internet is More Than the Cables
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1. Compute, AI & Storage: this is where applications are being served from. Currently this system is highly centralized and runs from large data centers (see below).
2. Network: this is the ability for information to travel and it can be wireless, via cables (fiber) or satellite links etc. Currently information needs to travel very far and for most countries very little information is stored locally. A handful of companies own more than 80% of the current Internet's network capacity.
2. Network: This is the ability for information to travel and it can be wireless, via cables (fiber) or satellite links etc. Currently information needs to travel very far and, for most countries, very little information is stored locally. A handful of companies own more than 80% of the current Internet's network capacity.
3. Applications: currently applications are hosted in huge data centers using the compute and storage as provided. This system is too centralized and therefore very vulnerable.
3. Applications: Currently applications are hosted in huge data centers using the compute and storage as provided. This system is too centralized and therefore very vulnerable.
We are providing a more optimized solution for the first 2 layers and allows everyone else to build on top.
## The role of Internet Cables.
## The Role of Internet Cables
Digital information mainly travels over large fiber backbone links as pictured here.
Digital information mainly travels over large fiber backbone links as pictured below.
![](img/internet_cables.png)
The Internet as we know it has significantly diverged from its original intent. If 2 people in e.g. Zanzibar (an Island in Africa) use Zoom with each other then the information will travel from Zanzibar to a large European datacenter where the Zoom servers are being hosted and back again.
The Internet as we know it has significantly diverged from its original intent. For example, if two people in Zanzibar, an Island in Africa, use Zoom with each other then the information will travel from Zanzibar to a large European datacenter where the Zoom servers are being hosted, and back again.
This leads to very inneficient behavior, slower performance, less reliability and a cost which is higher than what it should be.
![](img/absurd.png)
## The role of datacenters.
## The Role of Datacenters
![](img/this_is_our_internet.png)