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Thanks for the feedback. There's some replies on that comment that I won't repeat here. I find the disappointment fascinating and I guess it's maybe a network
by elliottinvent 5y ago
Thanks for the feedback. There's some replies on that comment that I won't repeat here.
I find the disappointment fascinating and I guess it's maybe a network traffic purist view point?
> What would make this data truly decentralized and "DNS-based" is if the data was published to the companies' respective domains as extra standardized records (and even thinking about it for 30 seconds I can see the problems with that). As it stands, everything is hosted on num.net.
Surely you can see that there's zero chance of getting to this truly decentralised way of doing things without some kind of fallback (See Semantic Web vs Google). NUM enables organisations to do exactly what you want – publish this data to their own DNS and that overrides data in num.net
We package it up as a JSON API-like library because that's what developers are used to, but under the hood it's nothing like an API – requests aren't tracked, rate limited or restricted.
> In other words, you're paying for your infrastructure by fishing for pennies in the Trevi fountain.
This is a colourful description!