Blockchain-based VPNs: The Next Step in Privacy Tech?
Could open source bandwidth utilized by blockchain be the alternative to today’s VPN?
Every person who goes online today fights a losing privacy battle. Every site we visit, every app we download, every service we subscribe to collects our personal data. The number of places where this accumulates online shows exponential growth. There’s no way to keep track of it all, much less control who sees it.
Years ago, a few forward-thinking companies realized that lack of privacy would only become more of a problem, so they went to work creating a service known as a virtual private network, abbreviated VPN. It wasn’t long before the technology became the hottest cybersecurity recommendation going, thanks to a two-pronged attack that shrouds a user’s physical location by routing their IP address through a distant server and applying encryption to their internet connection.