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Random thought. Why can't something like Wikipedia be run distributed through a blockchain? Edits are just transactions that are broadcast over the network. I i
by sudoscript 9y ago
Random thought. Why can't something like Wikipedia be run distributed through a blockchain? Edits are just transactions that are broadcast over the network. I imagine the total cost of that to individual contributors of nodes would be less than the millions they're paying right now.
EDIT: Turns out someone is already working on it: https://lunyr.com/ https://lunyr.com/
- pseud0r 9y agoSaw this the other day. Someone working on making Wikipedia on MaidSafe https://safenetforum.org/t/safe-drive-wikipedia-on-safe-technology-preview/13094 https://safenetforum.org/t/safe-drive-wikipedia-on-safe-tech... https://github.com/loureirorg/wikirofs https://github.com/loureirorg/wikirofs Not sure how far along it is, but it looks interesting.
- ChristianKle 9y agoMost of Wikipedia's money goes to pay for things besides hosting. Centralized hosting also happens to be more efficient than a decentralized version.