Decentralized information technology

Okay kiddo, let me explain decentralized information technology in a way you can easily understand.

Remember when you and your friends played a game of hide-and-seek? You all tried to hide from the seeker, and the last one found won the game. Now, let’s imagine that we are playing a new game called ‘hide-and-seek with technology’. In this game, we need to hide a secret message in a box, and the message can only be opened by someone who knows the secret code.

Now, let's talk about how we usually play this game. First, we all agree to use a box to hide the message, and we agree on a secret code that only the person who knows it can open the box. This box is kept in one person's home, and it’s their responsibility to keep the message and the box safe. This process is called 'centralization', meaning we keep everything in a central place or person.

However, there's one problem with this game: what would happen if the person who keeps the box forgets the code or gets lost? The message will be lost forever. That's why we need to think of a way to keep the secret message safe and prevent it from getting lost if the person who keeps the box forgets the code.

This is where decentralized technology comes in. Instead of keeping the box and the message in one place, we can divide the message into small parts and put them in different boxes. These boxes are then given to different people to keep. Each person knows the secret code to open their box, but they don't know what's in the other boxes.

This process ensures that the message will never be lost because it's divided and kept in different places. Even if one person forgets the code or gets lost, the message will still be safe in the other boxes.

Now, let's apply this concept to information technology. Decentralized technology means keeping information in different places or servers owned by different people, instead of keeping it in one central server owned by one person or company. This ensures that the information is safer, and it's not controlled by one person or company.

So, in simpler terms, decentralized technology is like playing hide-and-seek with technology, but instead of one person hiding the message, we divide it into many parts and keep it in different places. This makes sure that the message or information is safer and not controlled by just one person.