- Modern dating services are centralized, with user databases, matching algorithms, and messaging controlled by a single company. - Decentralizing dating through technologies like blockchains or Holochain could provide more user choice and control over personal data and identity. - A decentralized approach would involve peer-to-peer networks of personal servers running social applications, with identity, messaging and other services standardized across a unified interface but not controlled by any single entity. - Beyond just dating, a decentralized model could enable diverse "matchmaker" services for professional networking, hobbies, and other interests.