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It's not $10 per site, it's $10 one off. You would get the money back almost immediately if your request is not abusive. I'd be interested to know how many twit
by ssl232 4y ago
It's not $10 per site, it's $10 one off. You would get the money back almost immediately if your request is not abusive. I'd be interested to know how many twitter users couldn't scrape together a once off $10.
- CydeWeys 4y agoSo who's going to fund this adjudicatory system? Because lots of little $10 deposits, that are fully refundable, won't do it.
- ssl232 4y agoYou should ask Michael Saylor to be sure how he proposes this will all work, but he did mention his company (MicroStrategy) spends $1M/year on DDOS mitigation. I expect if Lightning ends up as cheap and fast as he and others are saying it will be, it could be funded by companies as a cost of doing business in the same way they fund the electricity and hardware for serving their websites. It's actually the sort of thing I could see CloudFlare etc. providing, so each website doesn't need to implement it themselves.
- devteambravo 4y agoWho decides whether your request is abusive?
- ssl232 4y agoThe site. They stake their reputation on being fair. Unfair sites will lose users. This is basically what happens already with moderation, it's just adding a small monetary penalty to bad actors to discourage them.