hey don’t call yourself Skynet.
names tainted.
Skynet – Build a Free Internet
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Re: Skynet – Build a Free Internet
#42I'm asking in earnest but since I'm not very savvy when it comes to blockchain and decentralised internet, can this be used for piracy (movies mp3 etc)? What about really nefarious stuff like CP? Do we know who is responsible and is it possible to report and take down links? Also does running a node involve you in anything unknowingly? Or does it have nothing to do with anonymity/bullet-proof links and is merely just…
Although this is a very fair question, I cannot help but notice that the first thing people associate with the word freedom today is with a negative angle. This is really troubling me, as it used to be a more cherished value.
I think this maps reasonably well to a rise of both technological abuse and accountability when producing things for the internet now, compared to what it used to be.
Re: Skynet – Build a Free Internet
#43If you are using Skynet for your project, I believe you need to run a node, which will require downloading the 23GB [1] blockchain from sia. I really hope these blockchain based projects can solve the sharding problem. These blockchains are getting so big. [1] https://siastats.info/blockchain_size
My cofounder has been working on an upgrade for Sia that switches the core consensus engine to 'utreexo', which uses an accumulator rather than an entire blockchain history to verify new blocks and transactions. This brings down the effective size of the chain for users to just a couple of megabytes for the same history that currently takes 23 GB.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Although this is a very fair question, I cannot help but notice that the first thing people associate with the word freedom today is with a negative angle. This is really troubling me, as it used to be a more cherished value.
I think this maps reasonably well to a rise of both technological abuse and accountability when producing things for the internet now, compared to what it used to be.
Who control the controllers?
Re: Skynet – Build a Free Internet
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
All files are stored encrypted. You can use it for privacy as well as storing child pornography. Edit: Above is about Sia. Apparently Skynet is different.
That is incorrect. Only files on the basic Sia client are all stored encrypted. Skynet stores all files by default in cleartext. It is up to Skynet users or app developers to ensure files that are uploaded are encrypted client side. On a side note, child pornography is not the intended or primary use case for Skynet and is condemned by the dev team and the community at large. There is no evidence to suggest anyone is…
It's not really correct to say that Skynet stores all files 'by default in cleartext'. Skynet is a platform for building applications. Whether data is encrypted or cleartext is up to the app developer.
The files uploaded via https://siasky.net/ are cleartext, but the files uploaded via https://skysend.hns.siasky.net/ are encrypted. There are also entire dropbox-like apps that are encrypted by default, for example https://marstorage.hns.siasky.net/
Most Skynet usage is app-driven, and therefore whether or not things are "encrypted by default" will depend on the apps that are used.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Although this is a very fair question, I cannot help but notice that the first thing people associate with the word freedom today is with a negative angle. This is really troubling me, as it used to be a more cherished value.
I think this maps reasonably well to a rise of both technological abuse and accountability when producing things for the internet now, compared to what it used to be.
Yes, particularly after observing how poorly society is adapting to pervasive social media.
3-4 years ago, I was nearly a free speech maximalist. I hope we figure out a way to properly educate middle school and high school students about cognitive biases, logical fallacies, statistical fallacies, and other tools needed to properly deal with social media. Right now, society is just adjusting very poorly to the advent of social media.
Re: Skynet – Build a Free Internet
#47Another thing named Skynet?[1]
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#48So what's stopping an abuser from generating tons of accounts and spamming their network with junk causing everyone to have to host lots of junk data?
I hope it’s not the T-800[1].
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think this maps reasonably well to a rise of both technological abuse and accountability when producing things for the internet now, compared to what it used to be.
Who control the controllers?
One of these days, I'm going to actually sit down and read through Juvenal's Satires[0]. I've read Plato's Republic and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, but not any of the Roman classics.
Re: Skynet – Build a Free Internet
#50Another thing named Skynet?[1] [1]- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet
Maybe they should rename it to YATNS/Yet Another Thing Named Skynet?