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A Guide to UCANs

UCANs are a secure way to handle authorization in distributed systems.

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Fission Fridays: July 21, 2023

The big news this week is we launched a podcast! We're also gearing up for the monthly UCAN Community Call and discussing P2P networks.

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EP01: Causal Islands 2023 Recap

For our first episode, we invited several speakers from the 2023 conference to chat about their takeaways from the event.

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Introduction to P2P Networks

Peer-to-peer networks are the foundation of the decentralized web. Today we dive into what P2P networks are, how they differ from the popular client-server model, and the advantages of decentralized file sharing in P2P networks.

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Fission Fridays: July 14, 2023

We're launching a podcast! Plus, a Local-First Software Unconference in St. Louis and overviews of content addressing and decentralized web principles.

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7 Principles of the Decentralized Web

The decentralized web, or Web3, has several key characteristics that differentiate it from Web2. Here are seven core principles that define the decentralized web and their associated benefits.

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Content Addressing: What It Is and How It Works

There's a new way to organize and store files online and in distributed systems. Here, we dive into what content addressing is, how it works, and some of its benefits and challenges.

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Fission Fridays: June 30, 2023

This week we shared a new ODD SDK workshop and discussed ways to simplify web app development.

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Simplifying Web App Development

Web apps continue to grow in complexity. Front-end developers are expected to be experts in security and infrastructure just to get their apps deployed. It's time we change that.

ODD SDK Featured

ODD Avatars Workshop

Protocol Engineer Brian and Head of Design Ryan created a workshop that gives users hands-on experience using WNFS and the ODD App Template.

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Fission Fridays: June 23, 2023

This week we hosted several community calls, discussed ways to build a greener Internet, and shared how we contribute to a growing decentralized web ecosystem.

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Fission + Friends: Contributing to an Ecosystem

Fission is ecosystem-obsessed. We believe in collaboration over competition and use this approach to build protocols and invent new tools that benefit everyone.

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Building a Greener Internet

We have the tools to build a greener Internet, one app at a time.

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Fission Fridays: June 16th, 2023

We made a blockchain game, and we're exploring the benefits of local-first web apps on the blog.

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Benefits of Local-First Web App Development

We dive into how local-first apps provide a better user experience while increasing resiliency and responsiveness and improving security.

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Block, Paper, Scissors & the SLW RK'D: Innovating Through Play

We built an EVM-based game that tests the limits of blockchain development & user experience.

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Fission Fridays: June 9th, 2023

We're back from our company retreat in beautiful British Columbia, Canada, with recaps from CoD Summit 2023 and the Distributed Systems Reading Group!

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CoD Summit 2023: Foundations for Open-World Compute

At Fission, we're building a virtual machine that seeks to make open-world compute possible with decentralized computation workflows.

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CoD Summit 2023: IPVM for an Open World

In her CoD Summit 2023 presentation, Fission co-founder and CTO Brooklyn Zelenka discusses the need for location-independent compute, and how content addressing and open protocols are making it possible.

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Fission Fridays: May 26th, 2023

Causal Islands talks are live, and we're discussing the UCAN and WNFS protocols on the blog.

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IPFS Thing 2023: Decentralizing Auth, and UCAN Too

Fission co-founder and CTO Brooklyn Zelenka shares how UCANs simplify authorization while keeping it decentralized and preserving user agency.

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IPFS Thing 2023: WNFS - Versioned and Encrypted Data on IPFS

Protocol Engineer Philipp Krüger gave a comprehensive yet approachable breakdown of WNFS at IPFS Thing 2023.

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Fission Fridays: May 19th, 2023

This week we celebrated the launch of passkey support and took a stroll down memory lane.

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Introducing Passkey Support

Passkey support, our third passwordless developer option, has arrived for ODD SDK.

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Fission's Origin Story

This is the story of how we built an open source company that specializes in developing the identity, data, and compute solutions for the future of the Internet.