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Pretty sure it was purely affordable streaming that killed bit-torrent. Now that the streaming providers are becoming more disparate, and the old media empires
by Intermernet 5y ago
Pretty sure it was purely affordable streaming that killed bit-torrent. Now that the streaming providers are becoming more disparate, and the old media empires are locking everything up behind ten different streaming platforms, each of which require monthly subscriptions, you'll almost certainly see a resurgence in piracy. It's really just the free market at work ;-)
- snovv_crash 5y agoDepends where you are. Somewhere like Germany you just receive a €300 bill in the mail every time you torrent something, this has a definite chilling effect on torrenting. For crypto, with all transactions being publicly available, I see this being even easier to implement.
- koonsolo 5y agoNot all cryptocurrencies have public transactions (see Monero for example). And next, you still have to link a wallet with a real person. Might be possible, but not necessarily so. With BitTorrent, you at least have an IP address, which is easier to link with a real person.