internet computer is probably the most complex crypto project out there, that most people don’t know what exactly this project is all about

in this thread I will explain internet computer in the most simple way

in the most simple terms, you can think of internet computer as a decentralized hosting and compute provider, similar to AWS or Google Cloud.

The Internet Computer is a network of computers that is as decentralized and scalable as the internet itself, powered by smart contracts and chain key cryptography

at the end internet computer is a blockchain, that you can use to host your website or deploy your smart contracts, like any other blockchain, but with the regular internet speed

if you deploy your website to internet computer it should(in theory)work just as fast as the regular internet

The internet computer has 3 main components: subnets, nodes, canisters

Nodes: A node is a single machine running somewhere in the world. Nodes combine their computing power and run the Internet Computer Protocol

Subnets: A subnet is a group of nodes. each subnet constitutes its own blockchain that makes progress independently of the other subnets

Canisters: A canister is where an application runs on a subnet (or group of nodes). This means the canister is the code, state and memory for Internet Computer applications or simply a canister is the smart contract for internet computer

currently there are more than 81 Dapps built with IC, also it uses a relatively easy programming language called Motoko, which is like solidity for internet computer

also the documentations on their website was pretty clear and easy to follow