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Re:OrbitDB: Peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web by haadcode on Monday April 20, 2020 @12:11AM (#22921038)
The use case is shared, mutable data structures that don't rely on central coordination or control.
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Re:OrbitDB: Peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web by collyw on Monday April 20, 2020 @01:08PM (#22925879)
Does that even make sense? Why wouldn't you want centralized coordination of your data structures? We could go back to people emailing emailing Excels to each other is that's what you want.
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