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Re:Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted... by arpitagarwal on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @12:53PM (#29640028)
Great points gtsop! We have a very similar understanding of decentralization. My co-founder and I are passionately working on making sure that we eventually reach that goal where Slik keep going, even if any one actor falls down.

Here were our goals when we started this out -

  - Prove and implement the encryption technology [completed],

  - Switch over from centralized storage to decentralized storage [completed],
The above two goals help us achieve a working solution that users can start adopting.

Next few near-term goals are -

  - Switch over from centralized compute to decentralized compute,

  - Make the code open-source so that the technology can be extended, forked, etc as the community needs.
Hope that gives you a reason to be stoked! :)
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Re:Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted... by djrogers on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @02:27PM (#29641075)
> My co-founder and I are passionately working on making sure that we eventually reach that goal

Isn't it a bit sketch to be calling it decentralized if that's merely a goal though?

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Re:Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted... by breakfastduck on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @03:15PM (#29641575)
as they've outlined the storage is decentralized the compute is not. I don't think its an unfair sales pitch - they clearly are heading down the right path.
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Re:Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted... by alkonaut on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @04:39PM (#29642428)
> the storage is decentralized the compute is not.

How does that work? Are people sharing storage? I.e. is it truly using "p2p storage" even if the transfers (at this point) are centralized?

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Re:Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted... by snappythrowaway on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @02:50PM (#29641309) 

  - Switch over from centralized storage to decentralized storage [completed],
kind of looks like they are already there?
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Re:Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted... by gtsop on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @04:43PM (#29642462)
Thanks for the detail, yes now I really look forward to that :)
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Re:Show HN: SlikSafe – A decentralized, end-to-end encrypted... by arpitagarwal on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @05:42PM (#29643007)
super! :)
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