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If someone invented an algorithm to enable network effects on decentralized networks, they'd secure a place in computing history.

• throwaway_4ever 5y ago
  Open protocols (HTTP and email) have even greater network effects than closed solutions (Facebook). However, you still need a strong push in the beginning, which protocols don’t usually have the funding while VC burns $100 million in an initial push.
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  • el_ravager 5y ago
    Unfortunately, it just doesn't seem to be the kind of problem that capitalism is able to solve.