About us
DWeb is a series of events driven by local communities of developers, designers, information architects, activists, policymakers and journalists toward a global goal - building the web we deserve.
Mission 🚀
We want to build the web that…
… remembers and forgets.
… is a marketplace and a public square, but also is a safe private space.
… has many winners.
The Web we use today is not private, reliable or free from censorship. It lacks a memory, a way to preserve our digital record through time. Decentralization offers security. By distributing data, processing and hosting across millions of computers worldwide with no centralized control, a new Decentralized Web has the potential to be open, empowering users around the globe to control and protect their own personal data better than before.
Our story has two roots - in Berlin and San Francisco 🌳
Joachim Lohkamp opened our Berlin chapter in September 2014:
“I started the first GET Decentralized (GETD#1) hackathon to bridge the community of change-makers around Ouishare with those of tech. My guts drove me to SF to hold GETD#2 at the Red Victorian. This is when I met with Wendy and Brewster the very people who shared the same values and had the energy to bing this initiative to a whole level. DWeb was born.”
DWeb San Francisco became our West Coast meetup partner (read up on their origin story!) Both driven primarily by developers and platform makers years ago, in 2019 our groups merged to scale the focus.
Today web architects, designers, artists, activists, policymakers and journalists from all over the world gather in Berlin, San Francisco and new, emerging locations around the world to learn from each other and to co-create infrastructure we can trust.
DWeb around the globe 🌍
#DWebArizona >> https://www.meetup.com/Desert-Blockchain/events/sgztmqyzlblc/
#DWebAustin >> https://www.meetup.com/DWeb-Austin/
#DWebBLN >> https://www.meetup.com/dweb-berlin/
#DWebBoston >> https://www.meetup.com/DWeb-BOS/
#DWebCamp >> https://dwebcamp.org/
#DWebPerm >> https://www.meetup.com/Permanently-decentralized/
#DWebPrague >> https://www.meetup.com/dweb-prague/
#DWebSF >> https://www.meetup.com/dwebsf/
#DWebShanghai >> https://www.meetup.com/dweb-shanghai/
Upcoming events
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DWeb Berlin Node Meetup: On the Trail to Camp
Aethos (CIC), Lohmühlenstraße 65, 12435, Berlin, DEIMPORTANT: Register/RSVP through this link: https://tix.dod.ngo/dwebcamp/BLN-meetup-may26/
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DWeb Camp is taking place this summer, July 8-12!
The DWeb Berlin Node is thrilled to join our partner Foresight Institute to celebrate our Berlin community of practitioners, builders, activists and dreamers about decentralized technologies, public & ethical AI, p2p and local-first coordination and more –- as we traverse the path to DWeb Camp!WHEN:
Thursday, 21 May
18:00 - 22:00 (Berlin)WHERE:
Foresight Institute Berlin Hub @ CIC Berlin
https://osm.org/go/0MbE6uAb8 or geo:52.494111,13.445973?z=19Once you have registered we will send you a confirmation email, and details on how to access our gathering location within the CIC Berlin campus.
AGENDA & WHAT TO EXPECT:
• 18:00 - 19:00, Arrival and Mingling
• 19:00 - 19:30, Intro and Q + A about DWeb Camp and Foresight Institute
• 19:30 - 20:00, Lightning talks from key collaborators who will join us at Camp this July
• 20:00 - 20:30, Breakout groups/Fishbowl facilitation for a sneak peek of discourse and topics we will explore at Camp, such as Anti-Authoritarian Stack, Decentralized Hardware/Local Community Networks, Solidarity Tech & Sustainable Instructures (more info here: https://dwebcamp.org/proposals/)
• 20:30 - 22:00, Drinks, bites, and meeting your future fellow campers and DWeb + Foresight community members!
ABOUT DWEB CAMP:
DWeb Camp 2026: Root Systems is a five-day gathering in nature for builders and dreamers dedicated to building a decentralized web (DWeb). A web that is private, resilient, and beyond the control of a few central powers. Like forests, decentralized systems derive strength from what lies beneath the surface: dense networks of roots, sharing resources without hierarchy, and coordination that persists even when individual nodes disappear.DWeb Camp: Root Systems invites participants to build technologies that–like living ecosystems–adapt, regenerate, and endure.
The event will be held at Alte Hölle, just one hour southwest of Berlin. The venue sits on the grounds of a forest hotel dating back to the 1800s. Once a Stasi recreation site, Alte Hölle is now owned and inhabited by a collectivist community of friends who are turning this space into a sustainable venue for group events of technologists, hackers, artists, and activists. Set on 100,000 square meters of lush meadows and ancient forests, Alte Hölle is both a community and location with values that resonate deeply with DWeb, a place we are excited to nourish and leave richer than when we arrive.
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Want to learn more about DWeb Camp? Visit dwebcamp.org.
If you would like to ask us questions directly, come to this DWeb Berlin Node Meetup!ABOUT FORESIGHT INSTITUTE BERLIN HUB
Foresight Institute supports the beneficial development of high-impact technology to make great futures more likely.
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Learn more about the Berlin Hub and how to get involved here: https://foresight.org/grants/grants-ai-for-science-safety/1 attendee
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