World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has a new project but what is it, will it be successful and what sort of impact could it have on the financial services sector? Will Watling takes a closer look
On 29 September 2018, ‘World Wide Web' inventor Tim Berners-Lee announced in his blog the launch of the WWW V2.0 - "Solid, an open-source project to restore the power and agency of individuals on the web", guided by Tim through his new company Inrupt, which "will be the infrastructure allowing Solid to flourish". Its mission? "To provide commercial energy and an ecosystem to help protect the integrity and quality of the new web built on Solid." OK, but what is it? Will it be successful? What does it mean to me and how will financial services be impacted? I vividly remember learning ab...
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