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Re:Show HN: Axiom, a Blockchain Designed for Decentralized A... by hirundo on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @02:27PM (#20097831)
Mr. Lacker, congratulations on this, it looks wonderful, a kind of practical libertarian Banksy.

An obvious use would be microblogging platforms. What structural obstacles remain for such an app on Axiom to become competitive with Twitter, etc.?

Re:Show HN: Axiom, a Blockchain Designed for Decentralized A... by lacker on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @02:37PM (#20097918)
The biggest obstacle for any new social media application is the network effect. There needs to be a reason for a small set of people to use it in the first place. That's kind of app-specific, though, and it's a product-centric issue. I think with Axiom the backend technology is ready for such decentralized apps to be built.