How Blockchains Could Power an Alternate Internet

"the blockchain is all about replacing the servers that power today’s online world with computing power and storage that we all share.... Every network requires ... a “single source of truth” — the authority that says, “this is real,”... we have depended on servers run by corporations and governments... The blockchain turns the entire network into its source of truth. It’s a mechanism for us to collectively confer legitimacy on one another.... there are many competing versions of a blockchained future. Here are three scenarios, in order of escalating unlikelihood, for the triumph of the blockchainiacs " - How Bitcoin’s Blockchain Could Power an Alternate Internet — Backchannel — Medium