Fast forward to today, and our community has come together for DWeb Camps in 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Over the years, more than 2000 campers have journeyed to Northern California to connect, learn, share, and play as we build better, more decentralized network technologies. What started as an event has formed an emerging movement — informed by a set of shared principles about how we shape the web. A web that actualizes principles of trust, human agency, mutual respect, and ecological awareness.
DWeb Camp 2024 at Camp Navarro, California; photo by Brad Shirakawa
But, what’s next? Where should we put our energies in 2025?
, and much deep thought, the core organizers of DWeb Camp (myself, mai ishikawa sutton, Ese Ojo, Kev Nguyễn, ngoc trieu, Ian Davis, Iryna Nezhynska, Andi Wong, and Arkadiy Kukarkin, with input whatsapp number database Boris Mann and Will Howes) have decided that it is time to put put our energy into truly decentralizing DWeb. We want to nurture this movement in a way that empowers nodes around the world, especially those outside of the United States. We want to focus our energies in 2025 on helping local networks build capacity and grow.
From the 2024 DWeb Camp Survey
So rather than host a DWeb Camp in Northern California in 2025, we will be using our resources to support regional events hosted by our DWeb partners. Some of our early ideas and plans:
RightsCon: February 24-27, 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan — A one-day DWeb event before the main conference, 50+ people with an Internet freedom focus.
Web Summit: May 27-30, 2025 in Vancouver, Canada — 100-200 people in downtown Vancouver, hosted by 221A and Internet Archive Canada / The Permanent, with a hackathon, talks/workshops, and art exhibits.
DWeb Institute: Summer 2025 in San Francisco — A 5-day intensive workshop to bring together researchers and software developers to share insights and collaborate towards the sound and sustainable development of efficient eventually-consistent (offline-first) peer-to-peer systems. Led by the team that runs P2P Basel.
After community surveys, consultations
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