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Every so often I think back to another decentralized revolution and the visceral reaction by those threatened by its adoption.

Its mere existence meant that it had to be destroyed. And it was.

BITCOINALLCAPS 🐦 🐦 🐦 1y ago

Napster was centralized

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Peter Alexander 1y ago

Really?? I always thought Napster was peer-to-peer on individuals computers.

I honestly had no idea it was, ultimately, centralized. Thanks friend.

BITCOINALLCAPS 🐦 🐦 🐦 1y ago

Yup, satoshi even mentions this is one of his early emails Saying tor and gnutella are examples of decentralized networks holding their own against governments, while Napster is centralized and this failed as a result

Peter Alexander 1y ago

Very cool. I had, clearly, no idea.