MILAN
What would social media look like when identity, data and permissions are designed around the person—not only the platform?
MILAN is a privacy-first decentralized social network built around decentralized identity (DID), Decentralized Web Node (DWN) architecture and permission-aware sharing.
MILAN
Social layer
MILAN is a decentralized social network and Web5 social network built around user-owned data, decentralized identity, and Decentralized Web Nodes.
MILAN separates the social experience from the idea that one platform must be the sole home for identity and data. The architecture is built around decentralized identity, a user-centered data layer and explicit sharing permissions.
A decentralized identifier forms the identity layer.
A decentralized web node provides the data layer.
See how identity, data, permissions and the social application fit together.
DID provides a decentralized identity layer that is less dependent on a single centralized account provider.
DWN architecture provides a user-centered layer for records, media and application data.
Applications can work with explicit access rules rather than hiding every data decision behind one platform.
MILAN brings the identity and data model into an everyday social experience.
The person starts the relationship.
Identity becomes a distinct decentralized layer.
Records and data use the decentralized data layer.
The social experience sits on top of the architecture.
The key difference is where identity, data and permissions are centered.
Data ownership social network design puts the person at the center of identity, permissions, portability, and control over social data.
The architecture makes the relationship between a person, their identity and their data easier to reason about.
Sharing can be treated as an explicit permission instead of an invisible side effect of using a centralized platform.
The goal is not simply another social feed. It is a social application built around a different data and identity model.
The model can be useful for social communities, creators, private sharing, identity-aware applications and products where the relationship between people and their data matters.
It is a social platform architecture designed so identity, data, permissions or other core components are not controlled entirely by one centralized service.
A decentralized social network can separate identity and data from the application itself. In MILAN, DID is used for the identity layer and DWN architecture for the data layer.
DWN stands for Decentralized Web Node. In the MILAN model it acts as a user-centered data layer for records and data access.
DID stands for Decentralized Identifier. It is a decentralized identity mechanism designed to reduce dependence on a traditional centralized identity provider.
MILAN positions itself as a privacy-first decentralized social network built around DID and DWN architecture and permission-aware sharing.
MILAN uses Web5-oriented concepts including decentralized identity and DWN architecture as part of its social model.
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