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Re:WebRTC Chat on IPFS by viach on Friday June 08, 2018 @12:57PM (#17267364)
Thank you, great comment, excellent points. I'm not discussing here nation-state certificate ledgers vs my small miserable blockchain, but instead an instance of a federated (say, XMPP) network server vs blockchain based solution. From my point of view, on this level, it provides more security and, what is more important , incentives to run such a thing.
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Re:WebRTC Chat on IPFS by jerf on Friday June 08, 2018 @01:06PM (#17267461)
A blockchain-based solution to what, though? Bearing in mind the XMPP network exists now, and works. (It may not be "winning", but it works.) What is even the problem?

Though I will concede your point slightly; if XMPP needs some more Hype Juice to win, I can't deny "but on a blockchain!" could help there. Kinda not being sarcastic here.

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Re:WebRTC Chat on IPFS by viach on Friday June 08, 2018 @01:29PM (#17267732)
>> A blockchain-based solution to what, though?

To the declining popularity of Jabber, to put it short.

As an additional benefit, blockchain is indeed more secure to run than an ejabberd instance.

I understand your irony with "Hype Juice" etc. But in the end, good software is that which people use, right?

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