The keys to finally integrating big tech and giving users more control: Vendor Lock-in & Cost — A handful of tech giants control almost all of the internet's infrastructure, leading to high costs and little flexibility for builders and users alike. Cloud Engines are designed to change that. Data Sovereignty — Cloud Engines enable the Internet Computer to run applications on top of traditional clouds, making apps truly independent. Interoperability & Decentralization — The web is fragmented, with critical services siloed across corporate clouds. Cloud Engines bridge these silos, turning isolated big tech infrastructure into integrated, decentralized services. Cloud Engines don't replace big tech — they make it work for us, not the other way around.

This reflects a core shift in modern cloud infrastructure - ICP’s cloud engines build on principles already present in cloud architecture. As the 'Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems' handbook puts it: “Hope is not a strategy. Automation is.” Autoscaling and infrastructure abstraction separate application code from infrastructure capacity, meaning scaling happens at the infrastructure layer, not inside the code itself.

Brilliant afternoon session completed. We covered discussions on: Governing Transformative Technologies with the Advanced AI Society, MIT @medialab, and Opendata.ch Inside Today's AI Research with @Google, Stanford University, @ETH_AI_Center #WorldComputerDay

VetKeys solve blockchain's privacy problem. But what are vetKeys? Verifiably Encrypted Threshold Keys - a way for smart contracts to securely generate cryptographic keys directly onchain. How does it work? → Smart contracts request secret keys from their hosting subnet → Keys generated using threshold cryptography → Keys stay encrypted at all times → No single node ever sees the full secret → Each node only has a share Your smart contract becomes its own secure vault.

Bitcoin miners can unlock liquidity by selling future mining capacity, thanks to @LokaMining, an innovative protocol on ICP: - Miners collateralize contracts with Bitcoin, significantly reducing counterparty risks - Miners gain capital to scale operations and hedge price volatility - Investors obtain discounted Bitcoin exposure and yield. - Operating on ICP, the protocol ensures decentralized enforcement and transparency The project has traction with both small and large miners, across multiple countries, indicating real-world engagement.

Most dApps still host their frontends on centralized servers. Raymond Khalife from @dfinity explains how the Internet Computer serves web frontends directly from smart contracts using: - HTTP gateways - Certified data - The Asset Canister Apps like @OpenChat and ICP Ninja already run fully onchain.

What are passkeys? ⭐ Internet Identity 2.0 passkeys are the secure, phishing-resistant cryptographic keys that cannot be stolen, guessed, hacked, and, unlike traditional username / password pairs, don’t require users to memorize anything. xitter.cf/dfinity/status/1973020…