i can't wait for the appcoin narrative to die. the idea that a "decentralized" network with its own proprietary friction-token will somehow beat out a centralized network with several widely accepted and readily available forms of payment is a techno-utopian myth at best.
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Tokens can be a valid form of resource allocation within protocols that should be decentralized, like BitTorrent. Researchers and builders tried to figure out how to add decentralized currency to p2p in the 2000s. A token would legit improve BitTorrenthttps://medium.com/@jbackus/what-if-bittorrent-had-a-token-13d62a590aa7 …
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thoughts on Tron's acquisition of bittorrent and how that might play into your ideas in the article?
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I get this question a lot. tl;dr, no :)https://twitter.com/DHannum8/status/1024113531292008448 …
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