An internet that is ours again
In the real world you choose your own route: on foot, by bike, through a park or along a river.
On the current internet you are slung to closed platforms in seconds, without knowing who controls the gates and who is watching.
This manifesto wants to change that.
We dream of an internet with real roads, open squares and free paths – decentralized, free and owned by the community.
No more gatekeepers. No surveillance. No black boxes.
This is a living document. It grows through your input, ideas and contributions. Together we build an internet that is ours again.
How it started – The Accu-Manifest ⚡
It all started with a dead battery in a lease van in Amsterdam (November 2025). That led to insight into parasitic overhead, bureaucracy and real value creation – the mother of this entire manifesto.
→ Read the full Accu-Manifest
Where do you start?
→ Start reading – the first thesis
→ All theses in one overview
Want to know why we cryptographically verify everything (so no one can tamper with the content)?
→ Cryptographic hashes explained
Get practical (start today)
→ Follow the step-by-step guides for sovereign nodes, Mastodon, Nextcloud and more
How does the site work?
- Every thesis has previous/next arrows (left/right on screen)
- In theses you find links to relevant concepts (explanations) and guides (practical steps)
- Top left always the ← Back button – takes you back where you came from
- Hamburger menu (three lines top right on mobile) gives quick access to everything
This way you navigate your own way – just like on a free, open internet.
(starting point of the Open Internet Manifest)
💸 Support the Open Internet Manifest ❤️
This manifest only exists thanks to your donations.
Every satoshi or monero helps enormously (servers, domains, development).
Donate anonymously in crypto
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Monero tip: with Cake Wallet or the official GUI every donor automatically gets a unique subaddress → maximum privacy.
Thank you so much for your support — you keep this project alive! 🚀
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- Copy the page text with the button below
- Go to an online SHA256 tool, e.g. this one.
- Paste the text and calculate the hash.
- Paste the hash below and click "Verify".
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