Most file sharing “histories” start with Napster in 1999
More interesting to rewind to 1997 when RIAA took down @dweekly’s mp3 website. Starting at pure centralization, p2p’s evolution becomes legible: decentralizing as little as possible w/ new legal precedents set annually
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From perspective of UX, p2p’s evolution is backwards: centralized downloads are easier than BitTorrent Decentralization on its own also makes no sense too. Freenet brought decentralization and anonymity in 2000. Decentralized product/market fit serves two masters: users and law
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A double pendulum’s trajectory looks chaotic. The motion of one part affects the other. The trajectory makes some sense if you watch how the forces interact I like this as imagery for product/market fit when decentralization is involved. Law and UX both influencing adoptionpic.twitter.com/xkLuBs4ATA
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Double pendulum product/market fit for p2p: • Centralized mp3 Servers: UX • Link-only websites: swing towards decentralization • Napster: swing towards UX • Likewise (Gnutella): decentralization • Kazaa/eDonkey: UX (better search) • BitTorrent: decentralization
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