The Qortal Blueprint: How Real Decentralization Will Shape the Future Internet

Over the past few blog posts, we examined how Qortal has transformed entire industries found on the normal internet, through its revolutionary peer-to-peer blockchain technology. This transformation was facilitated by Qortal’s Q-Apps, which as we’ve seen, are decentralized apps built on top of this blockchain infrastructure platform.

But this dramatic and sudden upheaval of these different industries did not occur because there was suddenly a more ingenious way of doing e-commerce on the web, for example, or because of a major improvement to the way we watch videos online. No, instead, every single changeover was fomented by an incredibly simple concept, yet one that is also super radical: no middlemen!

The no middleman concept is so simple, yet so revolutionary when it comes to how we exchange data on the internet!

The reality of the modern internet is that user data is constantly harvested by major corporations like Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet (MAMAA).¹ Their services dominate the internet, often requiring users to surrender privacy through opaque data collection practices, whether through cookies or less explicit methods.² But Qortal’s peer-to-peer approach cuts out these middlemen entirely, ensuring user privacy and data ownership in a truly decentralized environment.

MAMAA corporations control most of what happens on the current internet

And as we saw over the course of the last few blog posts, this “no middleman” concept can be transmuted to many different industries, each one vastly different from the next. Whether it’s enabling the buying and selling of goods without a centralized platform skimming fees, or facilitating crowdfunding without unnecessary intermediaries, Qortal’s trustless, peer-to-peer nature is proving itself to be a versatile solution to many of the problems plaguing today’s internet.

Furthermore, by boasting its own coin, QORT, which is what powers the entire ecosystem, Qortal offers the chance for developers to build monetization into their applications, profiting directly from this decentralized blockchain. In other words, a parallel economy has formed on top of the parallel internet which is Qortal, further elevating its remarkable status amongst Web3 projects everywhere.

The Q-Apps Library is a prime example of how Qortal is building a revolutionary parallel internet, with its own economy nested in it.³

More importantly, Qortal’s fair-launch minting system ensures that anyone, regardless of financial status or technical expertise, can participate and contribute to the network. There are no pre-mines, no ICOs, and no whales controlling the supply of QORT. Fair launches embody crypto’s decentralization ideals, fostering trust and community ownership while avoiding regulatory pitfalls.⁴ Qortal embodies them all!

And unlike the other big names in the Web3 space, the barriers to entry on Qortal are very low, whether that be users ready to “mint”, and contribute to the parallel economy by validating transactions as minters, or whether that be developers, who can come in and start building Q-Apps almost immediately, using only Javascript! These Q-Apps are not only decentralized, but scalable, private, and resilient to attacks! Over time, building them will become easier and easier, and with no hosting fees attached to them, and being completely sheltered from any potential censorship or hacking, it will become the logical choice for developers to build apps on Qortal rather than on the normal internet.

So what we are witnessing with Qortal is not just a better way to build apps or exchange data. It’s the blueprint for a new era of the internet, where users reclaim control over their data, digital identities, and online interactions. The “no middleman” approach may sound radical, but it’s already proving itself as a viable model for reshaping how we think about online interaction, ownership, and commerce.

And with more Q-Apps in development and the network continuing to grow, Qortal is no longer just a theoretical solution. As a matter of fact, it’s not been a theory since its launch in June 2020.

Rather, it’s a working, real-world alternative to the centralized web. One which has the immense potential to crystallize the original vision of the cypherpunks, Satoshi him or herself, and of the entire Web3 audience, to give every individual self-sovereignty when interacting online!

The question is no longer whether blockchain can fix the internet. The question is: Are you ready to be a part of it?

1. Walker, L. (2021, November 17). Is MAMAA really the new FAANG or were we missing Microsoft the whole time? InterviewNoodle. https://interviewnoodle.com/is-mamaa-really-the-new-faang-or-were-we-missing-microsoft-the-whole-time-88b693e85921

2. Vigliarolo, B. (2024, September 19). Big Tech under fire for 'harmful' harvesting of data. The Register. https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/19/social_media_data_harvesting_handling_ftc/

3. Qortal Project. (n.d.). Q-Apps Library [Screenshot]. Qortal Hub.

4. Bitbond. (2025, March 5). Fair launch crypto: A comprehensive guide. Bitbond. https://www.bitbond.com/resources/fair-launch-crypto-a-comprehensive-guide/