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“If, instead, a content distribution network were built with bitcoin (lightning) as its native payment architecture, the globally distributed network of media servers powering the backend of this Pirate Bay would have the same economic appeal as bitcoin mining: keep this server up and running, and you receive an average of X btc per hour.”

That definitely gives some food for thought.

I also like the idea around the AI arms race.
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Matthew 10mo ago

Yeah the idea of bringing the Bitcoin mining model to other distributed server networks is exciting to be. This doesn't mean trying to recreate PoW. But if there is a way to plug in (specialty) hardware, connect to the internet, and earn sats then people will do it.

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samuel 10mo ago

Storj was trying to do this, but they chose to create their own “governance token”. Which they then tried to portend as a proxy for ownership of the company…. And I think that was the downfall. Lightning #BTC is more respected, liquid and honest. Separate the VC from the money.

So like storj, get “distributed nodes” to compete for a share of the lightning/on chain receipts.

So the more popular a service is, the more receipts it gets and the more the hardware/network gets paid out. So nodes will gravitate towards a need. Very free market…