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RE: DTube made it on to Hacker News' frontpage as the top post

in #dtube6 years ago

I'd prefer text as well since my spoken English is a horrible thing to unleash on innocent people, but it's probably just too big a topic for an article that gives you a good overview of the current state of decentralization :)

Next to artificial intelligence, decentralization is probably the hottest topic right now in tech because more and more people have noticed that the centralization of the internet has lead to huge issues, including the creator of the world wide web itself, so there are dozens of decentralization projects now and quite a few that are very promising and usable like ZeroNet, Secure Scuttlebutt, the Beaker Browser and many more.

And these projects all vary widely in their main purpose. Some try to tackle censorship, others try to make the web permanent so nothing is ever lost, some try to make hosting cheaper or even free, some try to build true anonymity into the system, and some try to do a combination of all those things. Especially interesting IMHO are those that also add monetization into the mix but without having to rely on advertising, like Steem does, because at the end of the day people who create good content should be rewarded for it.