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The "hub" aspect of GitHub takes a decentralised protocol and adds a trusted third party (github). The whole point of blockchain is to avoid creating trusted th
by theoh 9y ago
The "hub" aspect of GitHub takes a decentralised protocol and adds a trusted third party (github). The whole point of blockchain is to avoid creating trusted third parties, something people like Nick Szabo identified a long time ago as a problem for protocol design.
- kbenson 9y agoBut all this is irrelevant to his original point, and how blockchain was referenced within it. People are reacting to the word and their preconceptions and ignoring the point, which is a real shame because those same preconceptions actually strengthen the point being made.
- theoh 9y agoThere's no need to police the direction the conversation takes. I was responding only to the GP, as a matter of fact.
- kbenson 9y agoYou're right, my comment was better aimed farther up-thread than yours. I wasn't attempting to police the direction, just note that the tangent started with little explanation and possibly some misinterpretation.
- KirinDave 9y agoTheoh is trying to derail because he has religious objections to the idea that github uses "blockchain technology." You're not "policing", you're resisting someone trying to take an offtopic turn to an existing conversation. Please be proud of this, I thank you for it.
- KirinDave 9y ago> The whole point of blockchain is to avoid creating trusted third parties Nonsense. The "point" of "blockchain" is to commit blocks to merkel trees with an agreed upon protocol. Your value judgement are just as unwelcome as the previous post's. You're also wrong about github, as its only a point of centralization for specific UI services. It need not be canonical, it's simply privileged. Please stop policing the direction blockchain conversations go with religious anecdotes.