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Decentralized & censorship-resistant if they actually have it working

BitTorrent and cryptocurrency are the best examples

On chain transactions just work because they're P2P, lightning fucks up all the time because it's more centralized

BitTorrent just works because it's p2p, Netflix fails all the time because it's more centralized
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maven leo 9mo ago

Cool, so that’s the beauty of p2p “if it works”! Thanks for the great explanation

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🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 9mo ago

If it works, it just works 🤙

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maven leo 9mo ago

Well, crypto and BitTorrent work pretty well

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🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 9mo ago

If I remember the history correctly, bittorrent took a few tries to get right after rethinking other p2p file sharing systems like Napster

Amazing how Satoshi Nakamoto basically made cryptocurrency on the first try 🔥

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maven leo 9mo ago

Okay, total doofus question

Wasn’t Skype p2p before Microsoft bought it?

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🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 9mo ago

Maybe partly but with a centralized server for logins and stuff, I think

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maven leo 9mo ago

Just googled it. Skype was initially p2p

So, nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 is inventing the Skype of 2008 😂😂

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🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 9mo ago

Skype never quite worked well though

It's very important to reach that point where it just works, so it keeps just working

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maven leo 9mo ago

Maybe the #nostr protocol will make p2p more doable

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🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 9mo ago

We should at least have p2p data integrity assurance / clients cooperating to audit relays whenever you interact with a post from a user that's currently online

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maven leo 9mo ago

I’ll pretend I understood that 😂😂

Thanks for explaining the benefits of p2p though