<s>
Solid	O
(	O
Social	B-Application
Linked	I-Application
Data	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
web	O
decentralization	O
project	O
led	O
by	O
Sir	O
Tim	O
Berners-Lee	O
,	O
the	O
inventor	O
of	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
collaboratively	O
at	O
the	O
Massachusetts	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
(	O
MIT	B-License
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
"	O
aims	O
to	O
radically	O
change	O
the	O
way	O
Web	O
applications	O
work	O
today	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
true	O
data	O
ownership	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
improved	O
privacy	O
"	O
by	O
developing	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
linked-data	B-Operating_System
applications	O
that	O
are	O
completely	O
decentralized	O
and	O
fully	O
under	O
users	O
 '	O
control	O
rather	O
than	O
controlled	O
by	O
other	O
entities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
that	O
end	O
,	O
Tim	O
Berners-Lee	O
formed	O
a	O
company	O
called	O
Inrupt	B-Application
to	O
help	O
build	O
a	O
commercial	O
ecosystem	O
to	O
fuel	O
Solid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
decades	O
after	O
Berners-Lee	O
invented	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
he	O
outlined	O
the	O
design	O
issues	O
of	O
what	O
later	O
became	O
the	O
Solid	B-Application
project	I-Application
in	O
drafts	O
he	O
wrote	O
for	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
Consortium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Berners-Lee	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
Internet	O
was	O
in	O
need	O
of	O
repair	O
and	O
conceived	O
the	O
Solid	B-Application
project	I-Application
as	O
a	O
first	O
step	O
to	O
fix	O
it	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
give	O
individual	O
users	O
full	O
control	O
over	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
their	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Solid	B-Application
project	I-Application
is	O
available	O
to	O
anyone	O
to	O
join	O
and	O
contribute	O
,	O
although	O
Berners-Lee	O
advises	O
that	O
people	O
without	O
coding	O
skills	O
should	O
instead	O
advocate	O
publicly	O
for	O
changing	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
MIT	B-License
received	O
a	O
gift	O
from	O
Mastercard	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Solid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Berners-Lee	O
took	O
a	O
sabbatical	O
from	O
MIT	B-License
to	O
launch	O
a	O
commercial	O
venture	O
based	O
on	O
Solid	O
,	O
named	O
Inrupt	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
Inrupt	B-Application
raised	O
$30	O
million	O
from	O
Series	O
A	O
investments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rather	O
than	O
using	O
a	O
centralized	O
spoke	O
–	O
hub	O
distribution	O
paradigm	O
,	O
decentralized	O
peer-to-peer	O
networking	O
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
that	O
adds	O
more	O
control	O
and	O
performance	O
features	O
than	O
traditional	O
peer-to-peer	O
networks	O
such	O
as	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specifications	O
and	O
design	O
notes	O
describing	O
a	O
REST	B-Protocol
API	I-Protocol
to	O
extend	O
existing	O
standards	O
,	O
to	O
guide	O
developers	O
building	O
servers	O
or	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
