..."something like this could combine with a blockchain style technology to make internet applications that could outlive companies. A niche multiuser game that

..."something like this could combine with a blockchain style technology to make internet applications that could outlive companies. A niche multiuser game that couldn't meet company revenue goals could still be "fed" by anyone that wanted to push resources at it, since the " that's not static assets, that's a multiuser game server. i think he's envisioning entire internet service backends that can be packaged up like java applets and re-run on demand paired with some kind of decentralized serving infrastructure that any user can insert coins and resurrect a sophisticated web service from the past. more likely i suspect we'll see more efforts by hobbyists to resurrect these things and more releases of backends from failed projects into the public domain. with so much physical gear that requires service backends being made today, we may even see regulation that requires release of the source for a service when a service is shut down. crazy to think that if the company who made your car or tractor fails, that your perfectly good car or tractor could cease function when they shut down the service backend.