[2015-10-02] bitcoin.com: JoyStream Allows Users to Sell Bandwidth for Bitcoin

[LiteCoinGuy]

JoyStream Allows Users to Sell Bandwidth for Bitcoin

The bitcoin-based BitTorrent client, JoyStream, has Alpha clients ready for download. Founded by Dr. Bedeho Mender, the service adds incentives to downloading and seeding torrent files. Mender’s creation adds micropayment support to a BitTorrent client that offers faster-streaming content by improving increased bandwidth and a reward-based infrastructure. The client provides users with the ability to charge a higher value with better quality material such as lossless audio.

https://news.bitcoin.com/joystream-allows-users-sell-bandwidth-bitcoin/

[TraderTimm]

All it takes is one Packetshaper in-line with a customer's connection to render this kind of thing ineffective. Trying to lure people to hit their bandwidth cap seems silly to me, as most ISPs are pretty paranoid about the small percentage of "heavy users". They'd probably think you're trying to resell your connection, lol.