Theory: decentralized protocols are preceded by informal human networks doing same work Pre-Napster, websites linked to free mp3s hosted by others, updating links when those hosts were taken down.
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Even in 2013, privacy advocates recommended using Bitcoin fog to tumble coins for the sake of anonymity. Very clear informal process signaling demand for Zcash and other privacy coins.
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Informal human processes signaling “market fit” for a decentralized protocol: • Link-only mp3 blogs → metadata-only file sharing search (Napster) • Manually maintained OpenNap server lists → Kazaa-style network topology • Manual bitcoin tumbling → privacy coins
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Looking for crucial informal human processes is mainly valuable for answering what shouldn’t protocolized. Tons of people tried to layer I2P onto file sharing protocols (see iMule), but most didn’t actually want slower speeds for greater anonymity.
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IMO, BitTorrent would be 10x better if a token incentivized seeding. The fact that private trackers enforce ratio requirements (upload as much as you download) doesn’t invalidate the value of a token, it validates it!https://medium.com/@jbackus/what-if-bittorrent-had-a-token-13d62a590aa7 …
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