benhylau

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   by benhylau 6y ago

   More about our project here that we wrote up for MozFest: https://community.webmonetization.org/udit/an-artist-centric...
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   by benhylau 6y ago

   Yes it is published to IPFS and Hypercore. The footer has the ipns:// and hyper:// links, and they "<a href>"-linked to IPFS and Hypercore gateways. You can access them directly on the DWeb networks with
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   by benhylau 6y ago

   Thanks! I was planning to post another Show HN when Distributed Press is more ready for people to play with. Right now the API key is manually generated, but hey hit us up if anyone wants to play with alpha software ;)
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   Show HN: COMPOST – A DWeb-native magazine about the digital commons(one.compost.digital)

   45 points by benhylau 6y ago|6 comments
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   by benhylau 6y ago

   Neat! Happy to connect here: hello [at] distributed.press We were also in touch with folks from Decentralized Science https://decentralizedscience.github.io
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   by benhylau 6y ago

   There are several new and exciting decentralized web protocols. I am working on a tool to publish to all of them. Right now it publishes to IPFS and Hypercore, and will eventually serve signed plaintext so content can be shared to Scuttlebu
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   by benhylau 8y ago

   I think the _scope_ of privacy here should be clarified. Content on Aether is public. There is no concept of private encrypted messaging. The privacy guarantee is that what content you view within the network, your navigation path, cannot b
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   by benhylau 8y ago

   There is no mining of cryptocurrencies. You are spending CPU cycles to compute a proof so spamming the network with user actions is non-zero cost.
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   by benhylau 8y ago

   Since Aether is a peer-to-peer network, the client syncs content and becomes a node itself to scale up the network's capacity. It also allows the user to perform actions without letting a backend track your navigation history, etc. I d
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    by benhylau 8y ago

    My understanding is that any participant action requires proof-of-work. Social networks like Secure Scuttlebutt prevents this type of attack by syncing only data within social trust circles. So spammers and bots can vote up each other all t