CountPrimes

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   by CountPrimes 8y ago

   LBRY was commenced a while back -- back when having your own coin was a cool thing to do. LBRY also uses non-standard transactions to purchase and build their URL tree. (LBRY allows you to acquire a named channel to host your content, simil
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   by CountPrimes 8y ago

   Producers would use this service over others to ensure that the content that they sell is not tampered with, not censored, not edited, not removed by someone else. They would use this service to be sure that their content got to the consume
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   by CountPrimes 8y ago

   One of the major things that blockchain solves is URL ownership. LBRY is trying to build a censorship resistant video service. The blockchain backbone allows public proofs of URL ownership and that specific content came from a specific URL
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   by CountPrimes 8y ago

   There is an element of URL ownership involved. It's not just a matter of finding and serving up video content; LBRY allows you to post that content at a specific URL. The ownership of that URL needs to be publicly verifiable.