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I feel like people are so concerned about infinite scaling that nobody ever tries to scale to 5 anymore. I have a big collection of movies, and I’d like my mom
by nickysielicki 4y ago
I feel like people are so concerned about infinite scaling that nobody ever tries to scale to 5 anymore.
I have a big collection of movies, and I’d like my mom-technical blue collar friends to be able to watch them. I trust them, and I have trusted communication channels with them. We exchange keys somehow.
With the sort of routing I’m describing, they could watch my movies and I wouldn’t have to have a public IP address. And I wouldn’t mind if their friends (that aren’t my friends) watch my movies, either, by forwarding through my friends. What’s the catch? This could work for that. How could I do this today?
I don’t have any ideological or moral problem with blockchains, I just think they suck at solving problems where the requirements for trust are low or met elsewhere.
edit: mom-technical was a typo of non-technical but I’m leaving it because it’s more accurate.
- discardedrefuse 4y ago> And I wouldn’t mind if their friends (that aren’t my friends) watch my movies, either, by forwarding through my friends. This is the part that doesn't scale. Hell, this is extremely risky even at a small scale. You don't know who your friends' friends are, you will have friends that abuse this, and you will end up with a much larger network than you anticipated. How many of your friends and family are "friends" with bots on Facebook?
- anderspitman 4y agoDefinitely stealing mom-technical. Though I do disagree somewhat with the conflation with blue-collar. I would almost argue white-collar folks are less likely to understand computers.