Why email providers like Gmail should be decentralized (feat. Daniel James of Dmail)

Daniel James of Dmail joins The Agenda to explain why decentralized email offers a better alternative to centralized providers like Gmail, why wallet-linked email services prevent spam, how to participate in the DMAIL airdrop campaign, and much more.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to The Agenda podcast and this week’s episode
• 1:41 Dmail vs. Gmail, decentralized vs. centralized email
• 4:50 How to utilize Dmail as a user
• 10:44 How Dmail works and why it has tokens
• 16:33 Why Dmail runs on the Intenet Computer blockchain
• 24:18 Are there spam emails on Dmail?
• 27:39 Are there risks with decentralized email?
• 30:26 Daniel James’ professional background
• 38:10 What Dmail and Gmail can learn from each other
• 41:50 Does Dmail work with law enforcement?
• 43:43 Running a Dmail node
• 44:46 How to join the Dmail community