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It doesn't. The last real application of Sia that I heard of during the previous crypto boom basically sounded like renting your HD space out to people who woul
by uwuhn 7y ago
It doesn't. The last real application of Sia that I heard of during the previous crypto boom basically sounded like renting your HD space out to people who would potentially use it to store illegal content.
- arcticbull 7y agoThat's the biggest risk of permissionless / decentralized -- you learn quickly why permissioning and centralization are important.
- hanniabu 7y agoCan you provide some of the reasons?
- arcticbull 7y agoOtherwise encrypted illegal content is stored on everyone's computers, and technically makes them potential felons. And thanks to the magic of the blockchain, it's indelibly recorded forever.
- camjohnson26 7y agoWhat’s to stop a hacker from planting such content on your computer?
- arcticbull 7y agoInfosec usually, the difference here is you're taking on the risk and data knowingly and willfully. "Officer, it's part of a blockchain thing called Sia" is unlikely to satiate them.
- antpls 7y agoThe next step is to fight the idea of "illegal content". Bits are just bits, some just upset the elites, just like nipples.
- dymk 7y agoAnd some of it is child porn. Does that only upset the elites?
- camjohnson26 7y agoChild porn is the emotional argument, the only possible case where most people might agree that some content can be illegal. A more representative scenario is illegal copies of music or a political pamphlet in China.
- dymk 7y agoSorry, how is child porn only an appeal to emotion?
- camjohnson26 7y agoNever said it was "only" an appeal to emotion, just that it's not representative. It's meant to stop discussion before it starts.
- dymk 7y agoA question that you can’t answer isn’t the same as one meant to shut down discussion
- antpls 7y agoOpen questions : 1) If childporn was not banned, how many people would consume that content anyway? 2) What about hyper-photorealistic childporn movies with fictional characters and future rendering technologies? How will you tell the video is true or not and worth to be removed?
- anonymous5133 7y agoTechnological progress will not stop because some people abuse the technology.