What if the web was designed for sovereign communities, instead of centralized platforms? Seed Hypermedia brings first-class support for decentralized identity, provenance, and community governance, unlike the traditional web where these features are afterthoughts. Local-First principles and CRDTs are foundational to our protocol and software. The result isn’t just “offline-first documents,” it’s a model of a resilient and deeply-connected web that cannot be captured.