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by lunch 1614 days ago
BitTorrent is wonderful for sharing information, but it's not really a platform to build on. Something like Ethereum on the other hand is literally a decentralized computer that no single entity controls. The blockchain part enables this.
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a "decentralized"[0] ""computer"" which is less powerful than a 9 year old rasberry pi. is this not the definition of hype?

[0]: https://thenextweb.com/news/ethereum-nodes-cloud-services-am....