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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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