Building a Decentralized and Uncensorable Internet — The Nexus Protocol

Building a Decentralized and Uncensorable Internet — The Nexus Protocol

PRESS RELEASE. On December 21st, 2020, the Nexus Protocol white paper was released. The new internet will be driven by a blockchain-based operating system (LX-OS) and communications protocol (Nexus Protocol), that will be connected by a distributed satellite-based mesh network. The white paper contains technical specifications and mathematical models that showcase and prove the viability, value proposition, and practicality of this novel architectural framework. Network Architecture Web 3.0 or Decentralized Web (DWeb), has been coined as the next evolution of the internet, with the promise....


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