We Want to Decentralize the DWeb Movement
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 3:56 am
I remember back in 2019, when the handful of dreamers organizing “DWeb Camp” were imagining the potential impact of this event. We dreamed big: to inspire and re-energize people around the world, moving our community to take the actions needed for our times; building an archive of open-source knowledge about decentralized technologies, translating and color correction our knowledge to many sectors beyond tech; and above all, we dreamed of supporting new global networks, building local capacities around the world through a truly decentralized approach.
Fast forward to today, and our community has come together for DWeb Camps in 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Over the years, more than 2000 campers have journeyed to Northern California to connect, learn, share, and play as we build better, more decentralized network technologies. What started as an event has formed an emerging movement — informed by a set of shared principles about how we shape the web. A web that actualizes principles of trust, human agency, mutual respect, and ecological awareness.
DWeb Camp 2024 at Camp Navarro, California; photo by Brad Shirakawa
But, what’s next? Where should we put our energies in 2025?
After community surveys, consultations, and much deep thought, the core organizers of DWeb Camp (myself, mai ishikawa sutton, Ese Ojo, Kev Nguyễn, ngoc trieu, Ian Davis, Iryna Nezhynska, Andi Wong, and Arkadiy Kukarkin, with input from Boris Mann and Will Howes) have decided that it is time to put put our energy into truly decentralizing DWeb. We want to nurture this movement in a way that empowers nodes around the world, especially those outside of the United States. We want to focus our energies in 2025 on helping local networks build capacity and grow.
Fast forward to today, and our community has come together for DWeb Camps in 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Over the years, more than 2000 campers have journeyed to Northern California to connect, learn, share, and play as we build better, more decentralized network technologies. What started as an event has formed an emerging movement — informed by a set of shared principles about how we shape the web. A web that actualizes principles of trust, human agency, mutual respect, and ecological awareness.
DWeb Camp 2024 at Camp Navarro, California; photo by Brad Shirakawa
But, what’s next? Where should we put our energies in 2025?
After community surveys, consultations, and much deep thought, the core organizers of DWeb Camp (myself, mai ishikawa sutton, Ese Ojo, Kev Nguyễn, ngoc trieu, Ian Davis, Iryna Nezhynska, Andi Wong, and Arkadiy Kukarkin, with input from Boris Mann and Will Howes) have decided that it is time to put put our energy into truly decentralizing DWeb. We want to nurture this movement in a way that empowers nodes around the world, especially those outside of the United States. We want to focus our energies in 2025 on helping local networks build capacity and grow.