Decentralized Connections: Building a Blockchain-Powered Social Media Ecosystem for Privacy and Trust

Abstract

Web3 technology is changing social media. It helps solve problems like data ownership and censorship. This research paper presents a new decentralized social media system. It uses blockchain to focus on user privacy and trust. The study describes a Web3 platform. It uses Next.js for the front end. Solidity is used for smart contracts. Hardhat is for local deployment. IPFS provides decentralized storage. Web3.js helps with blockchain interactions. The platform allows user registration, post creation, liking, commenting, and sharing. It keeps user data secure with blockchain's immutability and encryption. The authors look at ways to make money and manage the ecosystem and also focus on making the platform easy to use. Our research shows that the platform gives users more control, keeps their information private, and prevents censorship. These features solve some problems with centralized systems. However, the authors also discuss challenges like scalability and getting users to adopt the platform and suggest future research to address these issues. This work highlights how Web3 can change social media by fostering a secure, transparent, and user-centric digital community.