After more than ten years of pioneering work towards a genuinely decentralized and distributed system, it is time to revisit how far the decentralized web has come.

What is the current science in the peer-2-peer space? What are the immediate technical challenges ahead of us?

In the last decade, we have identified immutable data, cryptographic identities, convergent data structures, and an abundance of in-networking memory as foundational for a decentralized web. All these concepts, which were not available when the Internet was born, today allow us to dare a radical redesign of a distributed system that is offline-first, permissionless, trustworthy and resilient.

DWeb Weekend 2025 is for researchers, builders, and the public to assess our current technological state, learn together, and move forward at speed. On Saturday, we welcome the public to join roundtables to discuss and share strategies on how to tackle the DWeb’s immediate technical challenges. On Sunday, we invite you to share a talk, join a technical workshop, or attend a hands-on demonstration by some of the top P2P protocol builders in decentralized tech.