The Imminent Decentralized Computing Revolution

Re:The Imminent Decentralized Computing Revolution by blorgle on Sunday October 12, 2014 @10:42PM (#8447299)

I understand what you are saying, and as you said that is what we see today. The point I'm trying to make is that the utility of the system is driven by the centralised components. Without those centralised components, the so called decentralised systems have no utility to most users. What good is BitTorrent without TPB? How can you measure and transact in BTCUSD without going to BitStamp?

I'm not suggesting we couldn't get by on decentralised systems, but rather that such concepts are largely the domain of the geeky. Centralisation is what provides the convenience and trust that drives utility and adoption.

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Re:The Imminent Decentralized Computing Revolution by icebraining on Monday October 13, 2014 @03:47AM (#8447849)

Like ObviousScience said, there are hundreds of torrent aggregators (both public and private), and that's not to mention thousands of sites (e.g. forums) where torrent files and magnet links are distributed between users.

How can you measure and transact in BTCUSD without going to BitStamp?

By going to BTC-e, OKCoin, Bitfinex, Coinbase, localbitcoins, or Craigslist?

I'm not suggesting we couldn't get by on decentralised systems, but rather that such concepts are largely the domain of the geeky.

Geeks didn't pass anti-trust law.

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Re:The Imminent Decentralized Computing Revolution by ObviousScience on Monday October 13, 2014 @03:16AM (#8447787)

There is a massive number of trackers besides TPB, including ones related to open source projects or other software distribution.

For that matter, even Twitter adapted torrent technology to distribute binaries to servers at a datacenter.

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