David Barrett wrote: > The tipping needn't be secret or decentralized; it can happen totally in > the clear using a standard, centralized, completely legal and legit web > service. There's no reason to decentralize this part.
Nevertheless, it could be tricky to persuade users to type their credit card details into an app associated with a taboo word like P2P. > Hah, no, success is profitability or selling to a bigger sucker. > Neither of those have happened, and so far as I can tell, neither will > -- the economics of cheap/ad-supported webcasting are simply impossible, > and nobody who's tried has ever demonstrated otherwise. Bleeding > through investor money at a frantic pace is not success; it's just > slow-motion failure. I've heard that Spotify has a P2P element to its transport layer, which would change the economic picture somewhat if true - does anyone have any more information about that? Cheers, Michael _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list p2p-hackers@lists.zooko.com http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
