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14−# We like to think freely and design from first-principles.
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16−Urbit started out as an independent research project in 2002. It wasn’t called Urbit back then, it was just a desire to reimagine how computers could be built. Today we’re six people full-time in San Francisco. So
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18−# In 2013 we started Tlon with the goal of delivering the first Urbit proof of concept.
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20−Since the code is open source we wanted to make a clear distinction between Urbit the project and the company behind Urbit. Tlon’s business is simple: at first we sell namespace and eventually hosting. That’s it. We can’t own you. We can’t even own Urbit. We just advance the platform.
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22−Tlon owns about half of the Urbit namespace, and the Urbit foundation owns the other half. A small portion has been given to early developers, supporters and investors. The current state lives in the kernel, actually. In `ames.hoon`.
23−
24−# Want to join us? Send us a resume. Or a portfolio. Or a draft of your novel.
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26−<a class="end">Get in touch</a>
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13−
14−<div class="slide">
15− <h1>Urbit is a simple cloud server.</h1>
16− <div class="pair">
17− <div class="image left">
18− <img src="http://15-swap.s3.amazonaws.com/16-2-29%20Design/ex/about_1.png" />
19− </div>
20− <div class="text">
21− <p>Your Urbit is designed to store your data, run your apps and be your digital identity. Each Urbit is a general-purpose computer on a global decentralized network. Yes, really.</p>
22− </div>
23− </div>
24−</div>
25−
26−<div class="slide">
27− <h1>The internet is broken.</h1>
28− <div class="pair">
29− <div class="text">
30− <p>Your files live on someone else’s server, your identity is owned by giant companies, privacy is a joke and your data has all been either hacked or sold to advertisers. We live in 1995’s nightmare.</p>
31− </div>
32− <div class="image right">
33− <img src="http://15-swap.s3.amazonaws.com/16-2-29%20Design/ex/about_0.png" />
34− </div>
35− </div>
36−</div>
37−
38−<div class="slide">
39− <h1>That you own, like Bitcoin.</h1>
40− <div class="pair">
41− <div class="text">
42− <p>If Bitcoin is money and Ether is law, Urbit is land. Each Urbit is a piece of cryptographic property in a finite global namespace. There’s no blockchain — Urbits are distributed in chunks.</p>
43− </div>
44− <div class="image right">
45− <img src="http://15-swap.s3.amazonaws.com/16-2-29%20Design/ex/about_2.png" />
46− </div>
47− </div>
48−</div>
49−
50−<div class="slide">
51− <h1>And control, like your laptop.</h1>
52− <div class="pair">
53− <div class="image left">
54− <img src="http://15-swap.s3.amazonaws.com/16-2-29%20Design/ex/about_3.png" />
55− </div>
56− <div class="text">
57− <p>Today each of your services has to store both your data and identity and run some computation. Want to leave a service? Too bad. Want to get your data out? Good luck. Your Urbit takes this entire layer and makes it yours. Instead of living out of hotel rooms, you have a home.</p>
58− </div>
59− </div>
60−</div>
61−
62−<div class="slide">
63− <h1>Self-hosting for everyone.</h1>
64− <div class="pair">
65− <div class="text">
66− <p>Urbit is a computing layer built for humans to own and operate individually. Sort of like the internet in 1992, but built for 2050.</p>
67− <p>We know how crazy this sounds — but that’s what makes it fun!</p>
68− </div>
69− <div class="image right">
70− <img src="http://15-swap.s3.amazonaws.com/16-2-29%20Design/ex/about_4.png" />
71− </div>
72− </div>
73−</div>
74−
75−<div class="slide">
76− <a class="end">Get an Urbit.</a>
77−</div>
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13−
14−<h1>Urbit is designed to become your home in the cloud.<br/>Today it’s a working proof of concept.</h1>
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16−<div class="road">
17− <div class="step">
18− <div class="dot"></div>
19− <h2>0</h2>
20− <h3>The foundation</h3>
21− <p>Urbit started as an independent PhD project in 2002. In the past few years we’ve taken the project from a simple demo to a working proof of concept.</p>
22− <p>2002 - 2008 — Nock virtual machine</p>
23− <p>2008 - 2012 — Hoon programming language</p>
24− <p>2012 - 2016 — Arvo opearting environment</p>
25− </div>
26− <div class="step">
27− <div class="dot"></div>
28− <h2>1</h2>
29− <h3>Continuity</h3>
30− <p>Urbit’s design is to create a single, uniform computing layer that can run on top of any unix box with an internet connection.</p>
31− <p>Today the virtual machine is frozen, the programming language works well and the operating environment is still maturing.</p>
32− <p>Our next major milestone is full network continuity. With continuity we can get much closer to the fully self-updating platform Urbit is intended to be.</p>
33− </div>
34− <div class="step">
35− <div class="dot"></div>
36− <h2>2</h2>
37− <h3>Connect everything</h3>
38− <p>You already have an Urbit — it’s just spread across all the services you use. The first thing your Urbit should do is provide a clean and simple interface for all of today’s services.</p>
39− <p>It should be simple to abstract away their differences so developers can build new things on top.</p>
40− </div>
41−</div>
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14−# Have a question? Ask away!