Re:HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015)
by geezerjay on Sunday October 01, 2017 @05:31AM
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You're not describing a problem that users need fixing. You're describing how nice it would be for corporations to unload their own infrastructure requirements onto unsuspecting users to try to piggyback on their hardware. That's not a solution to any problem. That's in fact a problem being created for users. Consumers purchase hardware to fill their needs, and there's nothing to be gained for wasting their resources and energy to power someone else's business.
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Re:HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015)
by ctdonath on Sunday October 01, 2017 @12:32PM
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It is a problem for sites facing censorship (gov't or corporate or social).
Re:HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015)
by laktek on Sunday October 01, 2017 @06:04AM
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Isn't this the reason why they introduced Filecoin? To incentivize consumers to share their resources.
Re:HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015)
by geezerjay on Sunday October 01, 2017 @09:50AM
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> Isn't this the reason why they introduced Filecoin?
That assumes that all users are morons. If they want to pay anything to use else's hardware and energy then they only need to pick up their wallet and offer real cash. Offering another Dogecoin competitor to convince people to give away their energy bill and hardware is just a fancy way to officially assert that the people who fall for these gimmicks are complete morons who give away their resources in exchange for glorified arcade tokens.
Re:HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015)
by thinkloop on Monday October 02, 2017 @12:54AM
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The "arcade tokens" can be reliably traded for cash since other people need them to access real resources.
Re:HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the Distributed Web (2015)
by kiriakasis on Sunday October 01, 2017 @05:46AM
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well... discounts...