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Re: Lbry.io – decentralized digital library

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Post by kauffj » Wed, Mar 22, 2017, 11:58 PM UTC

pgl wrote: post #67

kauffj wrote: post #52

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It is tough to strike a balance between a good introduction for technical people and non-technical people. https://lbry.io/quickstart is good practical introduction. https://lbry.io/what is a more theoretical introduction. We've got a WIP new homepage (more of a wireframe) at https://lbry.io/home2 if you want to share any feedback!

Fair enough, I recognise that it's hard. This article does a good job of introducing LBRY, btw: https://bryanalexander.org/2017/03/19/what-is-lbry-and-what-... (h/t @doctornemo). I also saw it described as "A cross between Bitcoin and Napster", which was fairly illuminating. I'm sure you wouldn't consider it accurate, but as a starting point perhaps something like this would be useful to have? At the very least, #1 o…

I re-ordered the FAQ, this was a great suggestion. Thank you!

Re: Lbry.io – decentralized digital library

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Post by tyingq » Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 3:43 AM UTC

CJefferson wrote: post #90

kauffj wrote: post #71

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Yes, substring matches prefer earlier claims.

So i can still quickly camp on all the single letter extensions to popular names?

Well, a-f and 0-9, and they are randomly assigned.

Re: Lbry.io – decentralized digital library

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Post by webmaven » Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 7:03 AM UTC

vasili111 wrote: post #55

Is there anonymity in LBRY?

Good question. I'd like to know whether pseudonymous interactions are possible, and what protections are in place to prevent snooping on buyers and sellers and de-anonymization or de-pseudonymization of user accounts.

Re: Lbry.io – decentralized digital library

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Post by StavrosK » Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 11:35 AM UTC

beaugunderson wrote: post #78

haldean wrote: post #53

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Your attempt to respond sincerely was to say you don't have any women on staff because you don't have any executive assistants or office managers, which even a generous reader would call a sexist reason: https://mobile.twitter.com/LBRYio/status/844194654656626688

yeah... clearly they haven't learned :/

To be fair, I think that was even before my reply.