The Post-Platforms Foundation offers a blockchain‑free Web 3.0 Data Space that returns data ownership to individuals, organizations, and devices. Users store their data in personal pods and access all services with a single cryptographic key, enabling secure, interoperable, and privacy‑preserving interactions across competing platforms.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Current web platforms monopolize user data, creating vendor lock‑in, limited interoperability, and exposing users to arbitrary bans and data monetization without consent. Additionally, fragmented credential systems and insecure legacy protocols lead to frequent data breaches and poor key management.
Solution
Post‑Platforms Foundation proposes a blockchain‑free Web 3.0 Data Space that decouples data from platforms, returning full ownership and control to individuals, organizations, and devices. Data is stored in personal data pods (PODs) that can reside on any secure server, while a single personal key provides secure, cross‑platform access. The architecture combines the International Data Spaces model with Solid‑based personal data spaces, delivering security‑by‑design, privacy‑enhancing technologies, and cryptographic provenance control. Platforms and services compete for access to the same user‑owned data, enabling seamless interoperability without monopolies. An open marketplace connects developers with standardized APIs, allowing instant use of any tool on the same data set.
Target Audience
Primary users are cultural heritage institutions (museums, libraries, archives, galleries), researchers, and other organizations that need sovereign control over their digital collections, as well as developers building interoperable Web 3.0 applications.
Features
- Personal data pods (PODs) hosted on user‑controlled servers, eliminating platform‑centric data silos
- Single cryptographic key for unified authentication across all services, reducing credential sprawl
- Privacy‑enhancing query mechanisms that allow aggregate insights without exposing raw personal data
- Open, standards‑based APIs (Solid, IDS) enabling any application to read/write data with owner‑granted permissions
- Marketplace for Web 3.0‑compatible apps and services, fostering competition and rapid tool adoption
- Built‑in cryptographic provenance and intellectual‑property rights tracking for heritage and other content
- Blockchain‑free design that leverages existing web protocols while adding security by design