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Re:Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized bett... by MusaTheRedGuard on Monday August 20, 2018 @03:00PM (#17802809)
You don't have to download an app to interact with augur: augur.casino

Built on top of IPFS

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Re:Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized bett... by berberous on Monday August 20, 2018 @05:16PM (#17804050)
Cool! So why did the main team insist upon the app approach (what's the benefit?), and what's this site doing to get around it?
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Re:Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized bett... by MusaTheRedGuard on Monday August 20, 2018 @05:40PM (#17804247)
Decentralization. Anyone can run their own node of the software making it resistant to censorship, malicious control by the devs themselves or a third party.

Augur.casino runs their own node of Augur but runs it on IPFS, allowing others to connect to it.

Provides convenience if a user doesn't care about decentralization.

Just btw, I'm not affiliated with augur or augur.casino or any of these projects. I just find them interesting

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