Why Does ICP Exist? I don't blame people shitting on $ICP because of the dump in price. They do so because they don't understand $ICP, so I took my time to explain the existence of $ICP ———♠——————♠——— If you want to understand ICP, you have to start with the why. Why would anyone try to build a “world computer” in the first place? ———♠——————♠——— The answer goes back to the way the internet evolved. When the web was first created, it was meant to be open and decentralized. Anyone could set up a server, publish a website, and connect to the world. But over time, control got pulled into the hands of a few giants — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta. They own the servers, the data centers, the platforms. Today’s internet is incredibly powerful, but it’s also deeply centralized. ———♠——————♠——— @dfinity, the foundation behind ICP, looked at this and asked: what if we could rebuild the internet so that it runs on cryptography instead of corporations? What if apps, data, and even social networks weren’t trapped inside private servers, but instead lived on a public blockchain that anyone could verify and no one could own? That’s the vision of ICP. To turn the internet back into what it was supposed to be — a public resource, open and free, powered by code instead of middlemen. ———♠——————♠——— $ICP isn’t just saying “let’s decentralize money” like Bitcoin, or “let’s decentralize smart contracts” like Ethereum. It’s saying: let’s decentralize everything. Websites. Messaging. Cloud storage. Governance. Even AI. This is why the Internet Computer matters. It isn’t trying to be just another L1 blockchain competing on speed and fees. It’s trying to replace Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and the entire web stack that modern apps depend on. Whether you think that’s genius or unrealistic depends on how you see the future of the internet. But the motivation is clear: ICP exists to give us an internet that belongs to its users, not to tech monopolies. In my next part, I’ll break down how ICP compares to Ethereum and Solana — because on the surface they look similar, but the goals are completely different. Tagging ICP OGs → @canisterog → @Benniecrypto_ → @CocirtaTho29068 → @ICPHUBS → @Donna_icp → @iPhelipeVR → @icphub_NG → @PencilNeckCapo → @icdaddy → @dfinity