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polymutex
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Prior to launch, /walletbeat is looking for decentralized hosting solutions for its frontend. I am in the process of writing up requirements and describing how they map to the available technology choices. In the meantime, some thoughts on why decentralized hosting matters for /walletbeat below. ๐งต
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polymutex
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Decentralized hosting, relative to traditional web hosting, usually comes with higher resilience, censorship resistance, and integrity verifiability. But why would Walletbeat need that? After all, walletbeat isn't security-critical. It doesn't require a wallet to be connected. It doesn't even store user data. It's a purely informational site. There is an argument that a site like Walletbeat shouldn't bother with decentralized hosting, because it doesn't have the resilience or security needs. That is certainly what a web2 startup would conclude. Walletbeat is not that. Walletbeat's fundamental goal is to push the Ethereum ecosystem forward. Part of that ethos requires a commitment to crypto values, which decentralized hosting embodies. Today, most Ethereum applications rely on web2 infrastructure and traditional hosting solutions to survive. This has infamously cost the industry over a billion dollars: https://blog.ipfs.tech/2025-could-ipfs-prevent-bybit-hack/
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Clearly there is need to make progress on the adoption of decentralized hosting solutions within the crypto industry. That sounds a lot like Walletbeat's mission statement, only about web hosting rather than wallets. The ethos behind this sentiment is the same. If Walletbeat โ an entity with a commitment to crypto values and with the goal to push these values out to others โ doesn't bother with this, ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ? So while Walletbeat itself doesn't strictly need the properties provided by decentralized hosting solution on a technical aspect, relying on traditional hosting would send a clear message of hypocrisy and lack of commitment to crypto values. This message would weaken Walletbeat's actual message to the wallet ecosystem. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ.
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