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Re: ZeroNet: Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and the BitTorrent network

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Does anyone else see it as an issue that the decentralized website solution to databases is to create a copy of a SQLite database on every user's machine?

I agree. This is the biggest technological issue for zeronet imo. Every time there's a change to the db you need to download a whole new copy afaik. Ideally you'd use a log based store. To do this you need to fundamentally change your idea for how a website works. With a distributed log store chances are you won't have the same data as another person.

Yes,

This is the first issue that must be resolved I'm.

Re: ZeroNet: Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and the BitTorrent network

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Interest in decentralized web solutions seem to be on the rise. I wonder why and if they have any real world benefits for me as a publisher? All the stated benefits are non-issues for me: * Uncensored I never been censored. * No hosting costs I serve hundreds of thousands of users per month for something like $20. * Always accessible Just like hosting costs, my downtime is negligible.

Control is democratized instead of in a single corporations hand

Re: ZeroNet: Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and the BitTorrent network

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post #29

Interest in decentralized web solutions seem to be on the rise. I wonder why and if they have any real world benefits for me as a publisher? All the stated benefits are non-issues for me: * Uncensored I never been censored. * No hosting costs I serve hundreds of thousands of users per month for something like $20. * Always accessible Just like hosting costs, my downtime is negligible.

> I never been censored

Have you never self-censored?

Re: ZeroNet: Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and the BitTorrent network

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I can bet my 0.1000 bitcoins that news headlines will pop up soon as follows: "China bans ZeroNet" :) Wait & see...

I don't know whether it is banned there or not, but when you join ZeroMe (zeronet's decentralized twitter) you quickly realized how it's populated with chinese sites and profiles
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