“This is the atmosphere of the mainstream web today: a relentless competition for power… In response to the ads, the tracking, the trolling, the hype, and other predatory behaviors, we’re retreating to our dark forests of the internet and away from the mainstream.”
— The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet (2019)
Radiant rejects the Web as a general purpose software platform, while embracing the Internet protocols as the powerful substrate on which sovereign technologies like Tor, BitTorrent, Gemini and Bitcoin are built.
We want to bring back focus onto the desktop, but reimagine it for a more connected world. The goal is a network reminiscent of the early Internet: decentralized, content-centric, personal and safe.
Sync-based and local-first. The network layer is optimized for offline use, which means content is downloaded while online, and viewable while offline.
Built on cryptography. Published content, messaging and collaboration with peers are all built on cryptographic primitives, for best-in-class security and privacy.
More details coming soon. As we progress on the Radiant system, more specifics will be added to this page.