Thank you for asking this! BitTorrent is amazing, but I never understood the incentive to seed files
Files or video files must be stored on computers, it costs a lot for storage. Nostr clients cannot store millions of videos files because they don’t have tens of billions of dollars like X , YouTube or Facebook. So, hundreds of nostr users ( hopefully) each can store several videos on their computer at home or phones can choose to seed and get paid (zaps ) by viewers ( nostr users watch videos - leeches), this incentivize them to keep videos online for a long time. BitTorrent live might be needed here. This is decentralized video hosting, storing and broadcasting, therefore resists censorship. Nostr community now can be independent from X, YouTube, etc.
Yay! 👏 i image notes with embed video ( live leeched stream from seeds), and payment options: preview ( free? ), continue to watch ( pay by zap some amount), a mechanism to distribute zaps from seeds, just some ideas. I am a amateur IT guy, this is beyond me to implement.
I think, video is critical for a platform, with nostr being a protocol, without video censorship resistant, it is only text censorship resistant, plus No nostr clients can host terabytes of videos like X, Facebook, YouTube, nostr clients and users must have a way to make money and being truly censorship resistant. The world will not change with text only news. Nostr is nothing with just text and nostr clients relying videos hosted on YouTube or X. Videos convey emotion and trust that no poetic text can
Here : nostr ( even X) lacks video censorship resistant ability ( because of gov demands) , this might be a incentivized way to do it
What do you think of torrent video censorship resistant idea :
Jb55, can you create a way to incentivize BitTorrent video seeders , like zaps of some forms? So they can keep videos available for a long time. Or a mechanism to broadcast and get paid by the zappers. I don’t know, is it technically possible.
They can make up any number they want. Even 1% inflation. They lied too much, what else to believe?
Wiki has millions of articles, how can they control all of that content?
The Wiki CEO already said it, wiki is controlled by CIA and FBI. Surprised ?
Can you add the follow button option at the 3 dots … it’s easier and faster and more convenient to follow someone just like X and Amethyst?
Sideloading app will by pass apple app review. Apple wants to remove Damus for zap capability. While other apps have tipping feature too. This is taxation and censorship
There will be sideloading apps coming, the EU laws require apple to allow apps to be installed from outside
Make Damus app downloadable from website. This has been done easily with many other apps.