• EQ Labs →
  • About
  • Projects
  • EQ Ventures →
  • About
  • Portfolio
  • Writing →
  • Research
  • News
  • Get involved
  • Collaborate
  • Join us
  • Part of Equilibrium Group

Things we need to get right for the decentralized web

To deliver on its promises, the infrastructure powering the decentralized web needs to improve by several orders while balancing many needs and trade-offs.

Key imperatives for the decentralized web

Illustration image

Security

Novel infrastructure with complex designs often give rise to new bugs, weaknesses, and attack vectors that are difficult to identify.
Illustration image

Scalability

Current blockchains are still vastly behind modern computing standards. No existing protocols are even close to handling internet-scale transaction volumes.
Illustration image

Privacy

Most real-world applications require privacy. Recent advancements are paving the way for private data & computation, but the designs still leave room for improvement.
Illustration image

Programmability

Compared to traditional web2 backend services, the experience of developing web3 protocols is still overwhelmingly constrained.
Illustration image

Composability

Today's infrastructure seems increasingly scattered. Safe interoperability - let alone atomic composability - between different systems is yet to be solved.
Illustration image

Efficiency

A large share of computational resources are not spent on business logic but on consensus and p2p. A more efficient use of energy & computational resources is vital.
Copyright © 2025 EquilibriumPress & Brand