Ice Open Network (ION) is the blueprint for a new Internet rooted in privacy, data ownership, and user autonomy. Powered by a high-performance Layer-1 blockchain and an unshakeable commitment to digital sovereignty, it is a comprehensive dApp-building framework that enables anyone – regardless of tech expertise – to create decentralized apps that deliver intuitive user experiences without compromising privacy and security. 

ION was founded in 2022 by Alexandru Iulian Florea and Robert Preoteasa. It currently serves a dApp ecosystem of over 40 million users – a big number, but only a small percentage of the 5.5 billion users it aims to bring on-chain. 

Get to know ION here: ice.io

Online+ is blockchain-based, meaning that your data is not stored on centralized servers owned by some tech corporation, but spread over a decentralized network across the world, without there being a single entity or person, other than yourself, that owns or controls it.   

Crucially, Online+ is built on the Ice Open Network (ION), whose top priority is to keep data secure and shielded from prying eyes, yet easily accessible to users. ION achieves this by intertwining advanced cryptographic techniques – like quantum-resistant encryption and garlic routing – with user-centric authentication and account recovery mechanisms – like email log-in, biometrics, and hardware keys.

Although we’ll admit that tech corporations fundamentally changed the way we interact through increasingly clever and user-friendly apps, the question should be “What’s NOT wrong with Big Tech?” 

We’re all for convenient apps that make our lives easier, but the centralized nature of Big Tech means that, in order for us to use their platforms, we must “accept terms” to grant these companies ownership – or at the very least, access – to our personal data, the content we produce, and every digital interaction we have. 

This is a dangerous amount of information for anybody to know about anybody, let alone for enormous corporations to own, process, and monetize as they see fit. The consequence is a tech monopoly that can dictate the course of our digital lives and the decisions we make IRL. 

In a nutshell, you should reclaim your digital sovereignty from Big Tech by embracing decentralized apps like Online+.

A decentralized app, or “dApp,” is like a regular app, but runs on a blockchain instead of being controlled by a single (usually Big Tech) company. This makes it more open, secure, and resistant to censorship, as no single person or organization has full control or acts as an intermediary or gatekeeper. 

Taking Online+ as an obvious example, our social media platform itself does not place restrictions on the content you share or see – that’s up to you and the community. Neither can we decide to lock you out, keep your content, or use your personal data, because we do not own or have access to your account – it’s yours to do whatever you want with, including monetize it. Similarly, the wallet built into Online+ lets you send and receive crypto directly, without banks or other middlemen controlling these transactions. 

There is a wonderful and expanding universe of dApps out there that we urge you to explore through Online+.

Digital sovereignty means having control over your digital life and personhood – your data, identity, the footprint of your online interactions, and the technology you use – without relying on centralized entities like tech companies or governments. It is the right to decide how your information is stored, shared, and used.

We, at Online+ and Ice Open Network, view digital sovereignty as a universal human right. As a team, we actively fight for this right by enabling everyone to build decentralized apps that safeguard it through the ION framework. In doing so, we hope that, in the very near future, every Internet user will demand their digital sovereignty.