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July 31, 2016, 07:09:26 AM |
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Hey
As you may know by now Kick ass torrents was taken down last week by the FBI.
We have repeatedly seen trends of centralized repositories of decentralized files being taken down over the years. I was wondering what is stopping people from leveraging the same technology in sharing the said repository too.
Consider OpenBazaar - at the end of the day, it is a decentralized repository of items, with reputation tied to individual accounts. In cases such as the Panama leak, there was a clear need for a decentralized whistle blowing tool that would allow anyone at any level of governance to leak information without personally being in trouble.
What I am proposing is something similar to Open Bazaar
>Client runs on the PC's of those sharing / downloading files
>Client required to "share" / upload - files of certain amount before they can download - maintaining network
>All files shared across the network (think storj)
>Credibility of uploader verifiable by previous downloads and upvotes (think steem)
The reason why I believe in something like this is
>Whisteblowing is increasingly becoming difficult
>Centralized repositories of file sharing are repeatedly taken down
>Anonymously establishing identity / reputation is crucial while sharing files and having this on a blockchain helps
This is a gist of what I believe would be the future of file sharing. I'll follow up with a white paper later this week.
Feel free to discuss / think out loud in the mean time.
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