Father of Internet Wants One and Free Blockchain Protocol, Just Like HTTP

The inventor of the World Wide Web aka 'the Internet' and one of Time Magazine's '100 Most Important People of the 20th Century', Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is quite upset and concerned about the where his creation is taking the world as we know it today.

Tim Berners-Lee created the HTTP protocol that enabled everyone to communicate with everyone across the world and because of his this very grand vision, the world-wide-web was created, revolutionizing every human's life on this planet.

However this very notion of ONE & SINGLE protocol for blockchain is not being manifested and today we are seeing different ICOs, companies doing the same thing with different titles -- Euthereum, Bitcoin, Ripple, Hyperledger and many more -- all have different brand name, technology and protocol for same technology we call 'Blockchain'.

Father of Internet, Berners-Lee, who worked several years to develop an idea of a free and open source internet, now started advocating for “unified blockchain protocol of transport”.

During an interview for the August edition of Vanity Fair, Berners-Lee confessed that he’s not really excited about what has become of the web.

Berners-Lee says that like the internet has single, unified protocol called - HTTP, the same can be done with a “stable” currency on blockchain and it could actually be relative simple to do so by using a proprietary and patented Blockchain protocol. The patent proceeds could then be actually used to improve the “unified blockchain protocol of transport”.

Blockchain technology helps the internet evolve into a new system, more fair for everyone, taking the power away from central authorities and giving individuals control of what they do, when and how.

The concept of decentralized internet, where no central authority will rule the ecosystem, has been badly affected by tech giants Facebook, Google, and Amazon who now monopolize almost everything on internet (and thus our lives), from "what we buy" to the "news we read" to "who we like".

And, Blockchain which in fact is a 'Decentralized Approach" based technology, destroys this very GOD-ism of tech giants like Facebook, which had to face different questions about how they process data from individuals on their platforms. Fortunately, people across the globe are more aware about their rights than what they have been since a very long time.

During a conference in Toronto, Tim Berners-Lee said that “the blockchain and the web will connect together in lots of interesting ways.”

The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past -- is one of a famous quotes of Tim-Berners-Lee.

Via - BBN Times | Cryptovest

India has slowest Internet speed in Asia

It's official now, the country with the second largest population in the world has the slowest Internet speed in Asia. India has the slowest internet speed in Asia according to the ‘State of the Internet’ quarterly report released by the internet content delivery network, Akamai.

Globally, India is ranked 118 in the report and is behind Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.

The report also states that the average internet connection speed in the country is just 1.7Mbps while the globally the average has reached 3.9Mbps. The average speed saw an increase of 8.4 percent quarter on quarter and 34 percent year on year.

India has an average peak connection speed of 12Mbps which is again less than Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. Globally, the average peak connection speed is 21.2Mbps and as can be seen India is nowhere near it. The average peak connection speed saw an increase of 7.6 percent year on year and a decrease of 1.5 percent quarter on quarter.

The broadband adoption has been measured by Akamai by analyzing the percentage of users getting internet connection speed of 4Mbps or more. In India, the number of internet users with a speed of 4Mbps or more increased by 17 percent on quarter on quarter and 111 percent year on year.

According to Akamai, internet speeds above 10 Mbps and more should be considered as high broadband. It’s astonishing to know that in India only 0.7 percent of the internet users enjoy high broadband or have a connection speed of 10 Mbps or more. The report also reveals that in India, only 4.9 percent internet users have an access to internet connection with speeds of 4 Mbps or more. This has increased by 39 percent quarter on quarter and 106 percent year on year.

The highest average connection speed was recorded by South Korea at 23.6Mbps. It also has the highest average peak connection speed at 68.5Mbps according to the report.

The report also identifies the top countries form where the attack traffic originates and also the top ports which bear the brunt of these attacks.  Here, China took the top position by being responsible for about 41 percent of observed attack and was followed by the US which was responsible for 11 percent of the observed attack traffic.

The measurements which have been published in the ‘State of the Internet’ quarterly report are all based on the requests that were put forth to Akamai’s HTTP/S platform.

India has slowest Internet speed in Asia

It's official now, the country with the second largest population in the world has the slowest Internet speed in Asia. India has the slowest internet speed in Asia according to the ‘State of the Internet’ quarterly report released by the internet content delivery network, Akamai.

Globally, India is ranked 118 in the report and is behind Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.

The report also states that the average internet connection speed in the country is just 1.7Mbps while the globally the average has reached 3.9Mbps. The average speed saw an increase of 8.4 percent quarter on quarter and 34 percent year on year.

India has an average peak connection speed of 12Mbps which is again less than Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. Globally, the average peak connection speed is 21.2Mbps and as can be seen India is nowhere near it. The average peak connection speed saw an increase of 7.6 percent year on year and a decrease of 1.5 percent quarter on quarter.

The broadband adoption has been measured by Akamai by analyzing the percentage of users getting internet connection speed of 4Mbps or more. In India, the number of internet users with a speed of 4Mbps or more increased by 17 percent on quarter on quarter and 111 percent year on year.

According to Akamai, internet speeds above 10 Mbps and more should be considered as high broadband. It’s astonishing to know that in India only 0.7 percent of the internet users enjoy high broadband or have a connection speed of 10 Mbps or more. The report also reveals that in India, only 4.9 percent internet users have an access to internet connection with speeds of 4 Mbps or more. This has increased by 39 percent quarter on quarter and 106 percent year on year.

The highest average connection speed was recorded by South Korea at 23.6Mbps. It also has the highest average peak connection speed at 68.5Mbps according to the report.

The report also identifies the top countries form where the attack traffic originates and also the top ports which bear the brunt of these attacks.  Here, China took the top position by being responsible for about 41 percent of observed attack and was followed by the US which was responsible for 11 percent of the observed attack traffic.

The measurements which have been published in the ‘State of the Internet’ quarterly report are all based on the requests that were put forth to Akamai’s HTTP/S platform.