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Back when the internet was decentralized as I remember it as a kid, all of the people you call "everyday internet users" weren't even on it yet. At best, they were on AOL. Usually, though, they just watched TV.

So what's wrong with creating a new space for savvy internet users who appreciate the freedom of a decentralized web?

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If your going to have professional services somewhere in the system, you need to pay them. Pretty much every electronic payment and banking system in the developed world is hooked into tax & money laundering systems, which means anonymous & 'dark' money is effectively illegal.

And professional systems are simple things too like web hosting, on top of content creation.

I'd like to see a decentralized web without commercial services of any kind but I suspect I'm way too idealistic for that.

Really, I just want to see the internet of the early days recreated. I doubt it's ever going to happen, though.

Doesn't this exist already? Fire up TOR, brave the wilderness of hidden services.

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