While this topic is very interesting, I do not see how it is relevant to a mailing list dedicated to technical and academic debate. Please can you take this discussion elsewhere.
On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Zach G via bitcoin-dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > When I say de-centralized I mean it, all the things you listed are > centralized. Reddit is actually a purely centralized system and just as > unhealthy as the current bitcoin forum. We have the technology, I'm simply > putting together the pieces that other people have already built. This forum > will literally be uncontrollable in raw form, once it's unleashed it can't > be stopped. It will exist on thousands of computers so it cannot be > destroyed, it will not be centrally hosted. > > I expect users to create their own external software to parse the data, so > people can centralize as much or as little as they want in their own > 'sub-forums' built on this system. I will be releasing some very rudimentary > external software/website to go along with this de-centralized system just > so people can post and read what's posted, and will worry about the finer > details at a later time. > > There will be various leaders who utilize this program and organize quality > forums, but fundamentally the raw de-centralized system cannot be > controlled, so people posting to it will always have a venue to speak > without being censored. > > I actually started this project to create a journal of uncensored scientific > research, but it didn't take long to realize this sort've thing is useful > for pretty much everyone, so I'm rushing the basic release out. Then I will > work on making my science journal 'sub-forum' software and everyone else can > do whatever they want. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: NxtChg <nxt...@hush.com> > To: hurricanewarn1 <hurricanewa...@aol.com>; bitcoin-dev > <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> > Sent: Mon, Aug 31, 2015 4:45 am > Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Censorship > > >>I am creating a de-centralized forum, and I mean truly decentralized as I >> nor > anyone else will be able to control it. > > Zander is working on the same thing: > https://www.reddit.com/r/AetheralResearch/ > > But it's actually quite difficult > to make it truly censorship-resistant: both in solving the theymos factor > and > spam/abuse/overloading as an attack. > > >>There is no doubt that the > centralization and censorship of the Bitcoin community is massively > inhibiting > the advance of Bitcoin >>and also the growth of the Bitcoin economy. We are > scaring away intellectuals, businessman, and newbies that are just getting > started. > > We have /r/bitcoinxt and so far it has been great. But we also need > a regular forum. > > Roger Ver controls bitcoin.com, as I understand? > https://bitcoin.com/forum/ would be nice. > > And it must be a real community, > not "say whatever you want because free speech". We've seen how that turned > out > to be. > > Something like battle.net or Steam forums: heavily moderated, not for > opinions, but for spam/noise/insults. > > Again, this needs leadership. Anyone > can install a forum software, what is needed is an "official seal of > approval" > and regular presence of top XT people there. > > And a will to setup proper > moderation. Then people will move. > > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
