Ceramic Network
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About This Episode
This episode of DevNTell features Matthew Davis from Ceramic Network, who provides an in-depth look at the decentralized network designed for composable data. Matthew highlights the limitations of the current Web2 data ecosystem, where user information is siloed in application-specific databases, leading to redundant data entry and a lack of user agency. Ceramic addresses this by allowing developers to build on shared, open data models using JSON schemas, enabling data to flow seamlessly across applications while remaining under the user's control. The presentation covers the technical architecture of Ceramic, including streams, commits anchored to blockchains, and decentralized identifiers (DIDs) for authentication. Matthew also discusses the Ceramic stack, consisting of Ceramic core, Glaze, and Self.ID, and concludes with future plans for native GraphQL support and hiring opportunities within the organization.
Key Takeaways
Ceramic Network aims to solve the 'data silo' problem of Web2 by creating a decentralized network for composable data where users own their information.
Data in Ceramic is organized into 'Streams' and 'Data Models' (JSON schemas), allowing different applications to read and write to the same user data structures.
Unlike traditional blockchains with a global ledger, Ceramic nodes have individual execution environments, allowing for horizontal scaling as the network grows.
Authentication on Ceramic is handled via DIDs (Decentralized Identifiers), supporting methods like 3ID, Key DID, and CACAO (Sign-in with Ethereum/Solana).
Ceramic is moving towards native GraphQL support to make querying data models significantly easier and more performant for developers.
Featured Guest
Matthew Davis
DevRel @ Ceramic Network
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