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>a bittorrent that actually does more than download and quit always seems like something quite heavy... Don't forget to seed!

• kibwen 9y ago
  Let's brainstorm ways to solve the seeders/leechers problem via cryptocurrency: how much would it cost to encode a complete feature-length film in the bitcoin blockchain? :P
  • Skunkleton 9y ago
    The user would torrent a scrambled file, once some conditions were met the user would receive the mechanism for unscrambling the file. While the user is seeding the scrambled file they would have an alternate metadata that describes that file. The version that is served could be based on consensus of the network.
  • blasdel 9y ago
    Bram Cohen built MojoNation which was the first real cryptotoken/smartcontract startup After that failed he designed BitTorrent to actually align the incentives of users, without any of the currency bullshit getting in the way
  • leetcrew 9y ago
    a solution already exists. it's called a private tracker.
  • UncleEntity 9y ago
    Seems like having every single full node storing multi-gigabyte files for the few who actually want them wouldn't go over too well.