Design Of A Decentralized Social Media Platform Using Blockchain To Enhance Privacy And User Trust

Abstract

It is an exploration of a decentralized social media platform, which uses blockchain and Web3 technologies to scale up privacy, security, and trust within users. The architecture uses Next.js as the front-end, solido as the smart contracts, IPFS as a distributed storage, and Web3.js to connect with the blockchain. It introduces canonical social-networking features, including user registration, content upload, like, comment and share. Notably, it keeps ownership of data to users, unlike the traditional centralized social-media platforms. The irreversibility of blockchain together with encryption makes sure that the content cannot be altered and the information about users is not at risk of unauthorized access. The system eliminates the possibility of exploiting the central level of control and increases the level of transparency. The performance appraisals indicate that the suggested platform provides better privacy, higher data security, and user agency than the mainstream networks. However, the issues of scalability and mass user adoption are still present, and the research should be further developed. This paper highlights how blockchain will reinvent social media, creating a just, transparent, and user-centric digital economy. Altogether, the study advances the discussion on decentralized social networks and demonstrates that blockchain can improve the level of trust and data protection in the process of online communication.