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Comment by nemo1618

None of them are ready to use in a serious capacity yet. However, Sia's network has been live for 2 years now, and people are forming smart contracts, getting paid to host data, and backing up real files on the network. The fundamentals are solid -- it's just Bitcoin with one extra transaction type -- but there's a lot of potential left to be explored.

Based on the Filecoin announcement, they are building something very similar to Sia. It appears to depart from traditional Bitcoin proof-of-work consensus though. I'm looking forward to reading their whitepaper.

Disclaimer: I'm one of the co-founders of Sia.

parent nemo1618 9 years ago

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