Since then, corporations and governments have used the Internet to control us. Industry lobbyists have enacted draconian laws like the disastrous Digital Millennium Copyright Act in order to censor fair use and stifle innovation. We are spied on, tracked, profiled and our private data is commodified and sold. In a Faustian bargain, our privacy is stolen in exchange for access to hostile walled gardens like Facebook and Twitter where we have merely the illusion of ownership or privacy. We are no longer in control of what we can see, do, or share online.

The good news is that we have the technology to undo this damage. It exists right now! It’s been thirty years since the protocols that undergird the Internet were implemented, and technology has come an incredibly long way since then. We can start again, knowing what we know now, and make the Internet better. The Skycoin Project is working to connect the human race in a global network that is true to the ideals of freedom and access that inspired the creation of the original Internet decades ago.

This is a Skyminer. Right now, thousands of these around the world are providing the bandwidth, storage, and processing power behind Skywire. (And the people running them are earning a passive income for their service.)

With new, cutting-edge technology, we can rebuild the very structure of the Internet from the ground up so that it cannot be balkanized, censored, or controlled by any corporation or government. So that protection of our individual rights and our privacy is baked-in. So that access doesn’t require paying outrageous fees for subpar service from a monopolistic Internet Service Provider who will track everything you do and sell that data to the highest bidder.

It’s called Skywire, and it’s owned by us: you and I; the people who will use it. It is, at long last, a truly free and decentralized global network, and you can help us build it. Thousands of access points are already online around the world.

Ultimately, Skywire will be accessible wirelessly from anywhere, as individuals become their own communities’ Internet Service Provider, creating a wireless mesh network that spans the globe.

Skywire is the tip of the iceberg.

Go to skycoin.net and find out how you can join the next digital revolution.