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    John Backus‏ @backus May 20

    Started a blog post ~3w ago on parallels between p2p revolution and blockchain today. So much here. I’m up to like 5 half-finished posts now

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      2. John Backus‏ @backus May 27

        First one coming out on Tuesday! "Fat protocols aren't new: What blockchain can learn from p2p file sharing" Even more bullish on tokens now. They would have taken file sharing to a new level

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      3. John Backus‏ @backus Jul 24

        New post coming out tomorrow, finally! "Resistant protocols: How decentralization evolves" This one took forever, but I think it helps answer a lot of tough questions around when it actually makes sense to build a decentralized technology and what should be decentralizedpic.twitter.com/2CYwzPTLFJ

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      4. John Backus‏ @backus Jul 25

        Alright, not gonna spent ages on these from now on. Going to try to publish another small post this week

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      5. John Backus‏ @backus Jul 27

        Following up, here is the quick post. Extracted from "Resistant protocols: how decentralization evolves" because everyone I talked to IRL seemed to latch on to the term "Minimum viable decentralization"https://medium.com/@jbackus/minimum-viable-decentralization-d813dcf653fc …

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      6. John Backus‏ @backus Jul 27

        Gonna try to pump out another one by tomorrowpic.twitter.com/mZYdxCaYVu

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      7. John Backus‏ @backus Jul 31

        Writing about BitTorrent and tokens again!pic.twitter.com/bCH3nD2kz8

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      2. Joshua Philips‏ @mejoshuaphilips Jul 31
        Replying to @backus

        @backus some of this has been focused on the spectrum of decentralization for p2p successes and failures Would love to see an article taking the other side of the argument—user experience Ex: how many folks moved platforms for better UX, draw analog to existing crypto projects

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      3. John Backus‏ @backus Jul 31
        Replying to @mejoshuaphilips

        Have you read my “Fat protocols” article? It focuses more on market dynamics, but I talk about how people compete for UX a bit. Unfortunately, I’ve found it almost impossible to find numbers on how people switched from, say, eDonkey to eMule let alone why.https://medium.com/@jbackus/fat-protocols-arent-new-42d2c538db41 …

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      4. Joshua Philips‏ @mejoshuaphilips Jul 31
        Replying to @backus

        Lol, you’re a machine! I’m three @backus articles deep in two days. 😅 Looks like I know what I’m reading tomorrow. Thanks John

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      1. CloseApproximation‏ @closeapproximat Jul 31
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        great stuff!

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      1. Jon Hearty  🙊 🙉 🙈‏ @jonhearty May 20
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        Excited to read this. Finish this one first!

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