If you want to generate interesting questions about decentralization, just stare at how modern BitTorrent works and try to explain why the tech/ecosystem are the way they are. I'm still struggling to construct a full narrative
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John Backus Retweeted John Backus
I have a narrative I like now, but here are a few example questions I'm still not super confident about: • Why didn't anonymous file sharing via I2P take off? • Why didn't DHT+PEX fully replace centralized trackers? • Why is search *still* centralized?https://twitter.com/backus/status/1018953426355433472 …
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John Backus @backusDecentralization enthusiasts: Why didn't decentralized BitTorrent search takeoff? Many tried: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BitTorrent&oldid=850160168#Decentralized_keyword_search … Not rhetorical, I'd love ideas. I'll share a few theories below
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Aren't centralized trackers easier to monetize? Even if $$ isn't primary motivation, as litigation increases, only sites with funding can defend and stay up? Just an idea
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Yeah, but monetization didn't always hold back p2p file sharing tech. Monetization also doesn't seem to motivate a lot of other centralized torrent websites on the internet. World of piracy has hard to explain incentives IMOhttps://twitter.com/backus/status/1006391268216205312 …
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