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Comment · 5 years ago
also radicle.xyz
Comment · 5 years ago
Support peer-to-peer alternatives.

The technology to realize a peer-to-peer alternative to GH is here. We just need to make it happen. IMO radicle.xyz is the most promising one right now.

Comment · 5 years ago
The only path that makes me hopeful involves a combination of 1. FOSS software (ie forkabke when the warlord misbehaves) 2. user owned / governed networks, so the warlord can't easily get extractive against their users.
Comment · 5 years ago
Fossil does what you are asking already as well as projects like git-bug.

What Radicle adds to the mix is a gossip / social layer around git, which is an interesting idea.

Comment · 5 years ago
Federation prioritizes a different trust model vs peer-to-peer systems. For instance, you still need to trust the admin / server provider.

Also forgefed has been around for a while and I haven't seen any progress since two years ago when I last checked on the project.

Comment · 5 years ago
I believe you didn't even read the text. Ethereum is used to send money to maintainers. not sure how email does that...
Comment · 5 years ago
you don't need to give your email to download the client no.
Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
The fact that they assume that decentralized web equals immutable and global by default shows ignorance. You should take a look at SSB and Radicle, if you want a different dweb than IPFS.
Comment · 5 years ago
So freedom of speech is the problem? What the world has become...

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