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The Internet Computer is designed as a globally distributed computing platform where applications are mathematically guaranteed to be tamper-proof, unstoppable, and free from traditional cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Dominic Williams claims that more developers are currently building on the Internet Computer than on the entire rest of the Web3 ecosystem combined.
The messaging platform OpenChat, built on the Internet Computer, has operated for years with tens of thousands of users and stored crypto assets without a single security incident.
In the Internet Computer's early days, its governance system was used to take down a portal operated by Al-Qaeda.
Services with many thousands of users have been running on the Internet Computer for years without traditional cybersecurity protections and have not experienced any security incidents.
Dominic Williams predicts a future "self-writing cloud" where AI acts as a "wish machine," allowing users to create and update applications by describing their needs, with the AI handling all implementation details.
The Internet Computer project is expected to begin integrating with and running on top of major technology company clouds by 2026.
The Internet Computer uses a process called "deterministic decentralization" to construct its subnets, ensuring that the nodes within a subnet are run by different providers, in different data centers, across different geographies and jurisdictions.
Dominic Williams predicts that this year, the Internet Computer will begin running over major tech clouds via a product called "cloud engines," which he expects the cloud providers themselves to promote.
The Motoko language and Internet Computer platform implement "orthogonal persistence," a paradigm where the program itself acts as the database, with data living directly in code abstractions as if in persistent memory.
The Network Nervous System has the technical capability to push a protocol upgrade that could cause all nodes on the Internet Computer to delete their data.
The Network Nervous System was used in the Internet Computer's early days to take down a portal operated by Al-Qaeda.