diff --git a/packages/concordia-app/src/assets/About.md b/packages/concordia-app/src/assets/About.md index d5e73aa..b9a5885 100644 --- a/packages/concordia-app/src/assets/About.md +++ b/packages/concordia-app/src/assets/About.md @@ -8,15 +8,20 @@ the [MIT][concordia-license] license. ## Why -Values of privacy and freedom are diminishing in modern software. Even more so in social media software. Users are now -called to decide between being the product of companies that sell their personal information for gain and being shut out -of the modern, digital society. +The value of privacy, freedom of speech and democracy are diminishing in modern software. Even more so in social media +platforms. Users are called to select between being the product of companies that sell their personal information and +being shut out of the modern, digital society. Concordia, much like other projects of this kind, provides an alternative to this predicament. ## How -TODO +Concordia uses decentralized technologies, namely the Ethereum blockchain and its smart contracts, as well as the +distributed database OrbitDB that's based on the decentralized network IPFS. These technologies make Concordia +impervious to censorship and guaranty the immutability of user information and anonymity while enabling user +authentication that makes trusted, direct voting possible. + +You can read more about the technological stack in Concordia's [whitepaper][concordia-whitepaper]. --- @@ -26,4 +31,5 @@ Developed by [apostolof][devs-apostolof-profile], [ezerous][devs-ezerous-profile [concordia-docker-hub]: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/ecentrics/apella-app [concordia-license]: https://gitlab.com/ecentrics/apella/-/blob/master/LICENSE.md [devs-apostolof-profile]: https://gitlab.com/Apostolof -[devs-ezerous-profile]: https://gitlab.com/Ezerous \ No newline at end of file +[devs-ezerous-profile]: https://gitlab.com/Ezerous +[concordia-whitepaper]: https://whitepaper.concordia.ecentrics.net