If BitTorrent had a token economy, I think we'd see
Strategic "seed pools" (think mining pools)
Long term seeding
Bounty markets for content ("100k tokens for HD Star Wars leak!")
Inter-tracker arbitraging (upload everywhere → easy tokens)https://medium.com/@jbackus/what-if-bittorrent-had-a-token-13d62a590aa7 …
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Replying to @backus @devonzuegel
Isn’t this basically what Filecoin / IPFS is?
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Replying to @michaelporcelli @devonzuegel
Both involve file storage but tokenized BitTorrent has nothing to do with guaranteeing storage. Think of tokenized BitTorrent as a marketplace where people can profit from accurately speculating on which files are valuable by putting storage and bandwidth resources behind them
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Replying to @backus @devonzuegel
OK. In a market where both speculative storage and and guaranteed storage exist side by side, do you think they could coexist stably, or would one be the clear winner?
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The hypothetical BitTorrent I'm talking about also values speed of transfer, value of content, rarity, and potential value of unreleased files. If you haven't already, I'd recommend reading my article. It is very different from IPFS
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