Etrog: Ethereum Based Social Media

Abstract

Abstract: Today’s OSNs are controlled by major companies such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter who have complete control over user data. These companies store the user data in a centralized server which.This has several issues. For example, if their servers go down there no backup copies might be available and the chances of getting hacked are more in a centralized architecture. These companies can also censor the contents and post targeted ads in the user feeds. To overcome the drawbacks of the centralized OSNs, in this paper we are implementing a decentralized social media with the help of Ethereum smart contracts. Here, the data is not stored in a centralized server and the major disadvantages of centralized servers can be overcome by this approach.