- Tim Berners-Lee, the computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web, said he doesn't view blockchain as a viable solution for building the next iteration of the internet.Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989, said Friday that he doesn't view blockchain as a viable solution for building the next iteration of the internet."It's important to clarify in order to discuss the impacts of new technology," said Berners-Lee, speaking onstage at the Web Summit event in Lisbon.It involves a few technologies, including blockchain, cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens.The movement has been a punching bag for some leaders in Silicon Valley, like Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and Tesla CEO Elon Musk."