$ICP is a type of digital money, like Bitcoin, but its real goal is to help build a new version of the internet. Imagine the internet as a big city. Right now, the city is run by giant companies, and you need their permission to open stores (apps or websites). ICP wants to change that. With ICP, anyone can build an app, run a website, or store data without needing approval from those big companies. It works by people all over the world sharing the job of hosting and running the online services.

Let’s say you want to make a social media site. Normally, you’d pay a company like Amazon to keep your website online. With ICP, you pay using ICP coins, which go to people around the world who help keep the site running with their computers. It’s like paying your neighbors to help instead of paying a big corporation.

People who have ICP coins can also help make decisions about how the system works. It’s similar to having voting rights in a club: if you’re a member, you get a say in what happens next.

All this means ICP aims to make the internet more open, safe, and accessible—so anyone can build or use online tools without jumping through hoops

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