I remember a time when I thought P2P was the future. BitTorrent, Napster, etc. With YouTube’s recent moves, I wonder if we’ll see a resurgence in those ideas. H

I remember a time when I thought P2P was the future. BitTorrent, Napster, etc. With YouTube’s recent moves, I wonder if we’ll see a resurgence in those ideas. Hosting costs are not (much of) a problem with that kind of model, so the need for advertising to pay hosting costs is greatly diminished. But, then without a centralized system, you’ll have the dark web everywhere. I wonder if there’s a way to set up a network that incentivizes quality? I have no ideas about how to do that.