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Harvard University and Filecoin Foundation for Decentralized Web Plan to Preserve Digital Information

On July 27, the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) announced that it would support an initiative with Harvard University’s Library Innovation Lab (LIL) called the “Democratizing Open Knowledge” program. With support from FFDW, LIL plans to explore decentralized technologies capable of preserving digital information.

Democratize open knowledge

While there is a lot of information to consume in 2022, it is difficult to verify what is legit and there is great distrust of mainstream media sources. In the United States for example, levels of US trust in the media dropped to record lows in a recent Gallup poll published this month. Among American adults surveyed, only 16% said they had “somewhat” confidence in today’s news publications, and only 11% trusted television news. Additionally, over the past few years, there has also been a lot of misinformation and debate over technical definitions.

For example, last week the term “recession” became a controversial subject on the definition when the White House released two blog posts that show the government’s description of the meaning of the word. Then, on July 27, over a 24-hour period, Wikipedia’s definition of the word recession was revised dozens of times. Wikipedia reviews continue to this day, and the Wiki page notes that “the media ran an outdated version of this article”. By simply taking advantage of the data recorded on archive.org, for virtually every month of the year apart from July, archived data shows that the definition of the word recession has changed significantly since then.

Harvard University and Filecoin Foundation for Decentralized Web Plan to Preserve Digital Information

Wednesday, the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) revealed that he was working with Harvard University Library Innovation Lab (LIL) to preserve digital information through decentralized technologies. LIL and Harvard’s FFDW will contribute to the “Democratizing Open Knowledge” program, which aims to help libraries “share knowledge through technology.” Technologies include specific tools such as Filecoin Network and the Interplanetary File System (IPFS). Wednesday’s announcement further details that FFDW will help LIL advance the idea of ​​increasing access to information through decentralized technologies.

“FFDW is on a mission to preserve humanity’s most important information,” FFDW President and CEO Marta Belcher explained in a statement. “This collaboration will allow the Library Innovation Lab to explore how decentralized technologies can solve real-world challenges to preserving critical data, and we are excited to support the library’s open knowledge democratization program,” Belcher added.

FFDW says Harvard’s LIL already has a strong track record in “protecting and improving access” to information

IPFS is essentially a peer-to-peer (P2P) system for storing and accessing files, websites, applications, and data in a distributed file system. Filecoin is an open-source blockchain created by Protocol Labs and is built on top of the IPFS distributed network. Filecoin native crypto asset filecoin (FIL) rose 47.3% against the US dollar in the past 24 hours, and FIL rose 67.1% in the past 14 days. Late May, Protocol Labs detailed that he was working with Maryland-based defense contractor and aerospace company Lockheed Martin to bring decentralized storage concepts to space.

According to FFDW’s announcement last Wednesday, LIL and FFDW plan to combat link rot, explore the creation of strong dark archives, and protect valuable research data. LIL has already built tools and websites like perma.cc, opencasebook.organd the LIL Access to Jurisprudence Project. Through collaborative efforts, LIL and FFDW want to determine how technology can help establish “trusted sources” and the “long-term preservation of digital information.”

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$FIL, aerospace company, Archives.org, Open Knowledge Democratization Program, disinformation, FFDW, filecoin, Filecoin blockchain, Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, Harvard, Harvard Tools, Harvard University, Harvard’s LIL, Information, Interplanetary File System, IPFS, IPFS Distributed Network, Library Innovation Lab, LIL, Lockheed Martin, Protocol laboratories, reliable sources, space, Wikipedia, Wikipedia recession

What do you think of the FFDW and LIL initiative to preserve digital information? Do you think technology can help decentralize access to today’s information and make it more reliable? Let us know what you think about this topic in the comments section below.

Jamie Redman

Jamie Redman is the news manager for Bitcoin.com News and a fintech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He is passionate about Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written over 5,700 articles for Bitcoin.com News about disruptive protocols emerging today.




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