Ask HN: Would bitcoin tech be feasible for decentralised forum?

Posted by hallowtech on Friday May 20, 2011 @12:46AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I was reading an article about the AnonOps IRC server being shut down, and started wondering if it would be feasible to use the same sort of concept used for bitcoins to decentralise communication like a forum.

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Re:Ask HN: Would bitcoin tech be feasible for decentralised ... by Joakal on Friday May 20, 2011 @12:53AM (#2566472)

That doesn't make sense, bitcoins relies on insufficient processing power with cryptography to generate bitcoins.

You could just set up your own IRC server.

Or if you want to go fancy (locally): http://wiki.daviddarts.com/PirateBox_DIY

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Re:Ask HN: Would bitcoin tech be feasible for decentralised ... by JoachimSchipper on Friday May 20, 2011 @04:55AM (#2566970)

Look into Usenet for a forum with no central control (it's pretty much peer-to-peer, but the "peers" are servers, not any random guy); I have no idea what Bitcoin has to do with anything, though.

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Re:Ask HN: Would bitcoin tech be feasible for decentralised ... by xorglorb on Friday May 20, 2011 @01:28AM (#2566552)

I2P's Syndie (http://syndie.i2p2.de/) seems like exactly what you're looking for.

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Re:Ask HN: Would bitcoin tech be feasible for decentralised ... by wmf on Friday May 20, 2011 @01:15AM (#2566528)

This might be possible; it's similar to Namecoin. I'm not sure how you'd create the incentive to mine, though.

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Re:Ask HN: Would bitcoin tech be feasible for decentralised ... by phlux on Friday May 20, 2011 @02:10AM (#2566632)

bitcoins should be used for karma.... e.g. you calculate the real time a user spends on the site, a function of the amount of time typing answers and the upvotes they get, and this results in bitcoin karma.

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Re:Ask HN: Would bitcoin tech be feasible for decentralised ... by sgornick on Saturday May 21, 2011 @01:15AM (#2570300)

Like Witcoin does? http://witcoin.com

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