Internet shutdowns are on the rise.Last year alone, 296 government-mandated shutdowns hit 54 countries, from India’s election blackouts to Russia’s military crackdowns. But developers are responding.Protocols like Offline Protocol, Cashu, and BitChat are building uncensorable payments and messaging systems — no internet required.Here’s how they work and why they matter.👇~~ Analysis by @davewardonline ~~🔌 @OfflineProtocolOffline Protocol turns smartphones into nodes of a decentralized network for chat, file ...

BAM (Block Assembly Marketplace) is fully open source, and introduces a decentralized network of block builders running in TEEs (Trusted Execution Environments).Validators can outsource block assembly to these builders via the Jito-Solana client. https://t.co/1HQPBGhV2B ...