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What is the Encyclosphere?

Imagine all the encyclopedias in the world, connected into one decentralized network, the way all the blogs are loosely connected. You've heard of the blogosphere; now, we’re building an encyclosphere.

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"No small group of elites deserves the power to declare what is known for all of us."

Dr. Larry Sanger

Co-Founder of Wikipedia & Founder/Chairman of the Knowledge Standards Foundation

What is the Knowledge Standards Foundation?

A global group of volunteers creating the standards and tools for the future encyclosphere. We’re making a network, not an app.

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How Can You Help?

We need developers, designers, writers, editors, thinkers, marketers, promoters and fundraisers—if you can imagine a role being useful to kick-starting a network, we need that. Join us by coding, blogging, and more.

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2023 Encyclosphere Progress Report

Short Progress ReportHere is what we’ve been doing since last spring. Maybe next week we’ll have a special meeting (Fridays @ 2 p.m. Eastern) to review our work and discuss next steps. A Chrome and Brave (Chromium)browser extension.  Prepends encyclosphere search results to DuckDuckGo and Google search results page; automatically seed articles to WebTorrent from your browser; built-in reader… Continue reading 2023 Encyclosphere Progress Report

Today’s the Day! #GivingTuesday Support The Encyclosphere

Donate Today to Support the EncyclosphereWe need your help. Donate today! Today is the day — #GivingTuesday is here! We are on our way to raising $100,000 for Knowledge Standards Foundation in 24 hours. Please help us! We need your help. Please donate, share a link & share your support on Facebook & Twitter by telling… Continue reading Today’s the Day! #GivingTuesday Support The Encyclosphere

Help Save Knowledge & Support The Encyclosphere #GivingTuesday

Help Us Save Knowledge & Support the EncyclosphereWe need your help. Please donate and support the freedom of knowledge. Tuesday, November 29th, many will come together for a special 24-hour online Giving Day called #GivingTuesday and we need your help! Our goal is to raise $100,000 in 24 hours to support the Knowledge Standards Foundation in our… Continue reading Help Save Knowledge & Support The Encyclosphere #GivingTuesday