An Enhanced Decentralized Social Network based on Web3 and IPFS using Blockchain
D. Palanikkumar, G Arun, R Arunadevi, S R Gayathri, P Dharun · 2023
Human lives now include a significant amount of social media usage. Social media is used to create communities, strengthen bonds, and stay in touch with distant friends. A single server, which performs all significant processing, serves as the hub of a centralized system. Thus, a centralized server becomes an easy target for hackers. Decentralized social networks can provide a more secure environment where users may exercise more privacy control through distribution of information processing across many machines. This study proposes a system where the Web3 Library is used to implement the decentralized network. This provides a social graph with all devices in the network. The Ethers library provides functionalities to engage the Ethereum framework. This way an OSN (Online Social Network) service based on blockchain is created and its decentralized operations are performed. Due to a decentralized autonomous organization that is designed for user autonomy, users can democratically self-manage the OSN.