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> People are not going to maintain a decentralized network for copyright infringement. They do. That's pretty much what bittorrent incentivizes.
by zzzcpan 10y ago
> People are not going to maintain a decentralized network for copyright infringement.
They do. That's pretty much what bittorrent incentivizes.
- phkahler 10y agoBut most people don't run bit torrent 24/7
- j3097736 10y agoUnfortunately bittorrent's only goal is getting a file fast, complexity was kept to a minimum to increase adoption. Credit systems to prioritize peers who have recently shared with us and promotion of long-running nodes to ultrapeer could really help.
- boomlinde 10y agoI'd say that the fact that no one agent has to is the basis of its success. In the end it isn't without its shortcomings, though, so I agree with your sentiment in general. Either that, or something is used to incentivize the maintenance of the long tail of things, e.g. filecoin.