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Every news about authoritarian overreach prompts some discussion about the need for decentralization. Yet, decentralization of services is moot if the underlyi
by Razengan 7y ago
Every news about authoritarian overreach prompts some discussion about the need for decentralization.
Yet, decentralization of services is moot if the underlying physical connectivity layer can still be controlled/filtered from a single point. Then there's the matter of discovering decentralized/distributed services.
We have literally billions of devices capable of sending and receiving signals, including millions of independent computing devices that are powered 24/7. Do we really need centralized entities to keep our species connected?
- atemerev 7y agoRegarding content and video distribution, we already have a working decentralized platform: BitTorrent. We even have clients allowing searching and previewing videos from torrents (PopcornTime and the like). The infrastructure is already there, the only barriers are psychological at this point.
- Razengan 7y ago> the only barriers are psychological at this point. For me, the barriers are: eating up more than the file's size from my limited ISP quota, and CPU and battery usage when unplugged. The CPU and battery issues can be resolved by seeding only while charging/idle/under a specific CPU temperature. One hemisphere could serve the other while half the world sleeps every day/night. As for data caps, we again see the need for decentralizing the physical connectivity layer.
- reshie 7y agotor is one answer. of course that could be blocked but there are ways of hiding its use in general.
- wvenable 7y ago> Do we really need centralized entities to keep our species connected? Yes, because while the connected future is here, it's not evenly distributed.