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> We need an open source NPM alternative, yesterday. NPM is open source.[1] You don't want an open source NPM, you want a distributed consensus NPM where nobod
by zanny 11y ago
> We need an open source NPM alternative, yesterday.
NPM is open source.[1] You don't want an open source NPM, you want a distributed consensus NPM where nobody has absolute power to censor or destroy other peoples work.
It seems like a prime use case for a DHT, possibly with some blockchain functionality identifying ownership of namespaces that people can reserve, like namecoin.
[1]: https://github.com/npm/npm https://github.com/npm/npm
- aioprisan 11y agoI was referring to NPM as in the npmjs.org project, with is a repository, user management platform, etc. Very interesting suggestion in creating a blockchain NPM hosted alternative, with namespace ownerships.