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by runn1ng 4203 days ago
Fully decentralized P2P networks are probably older than bittorrent (Gnutella, eMule, and their similar clones).

The fact is people don't want 100% decentralized P2P network; people want the fakes and the viruses removed and so on.
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murbard2 4203 days ago
Sure, then just have trusted third parties (such as TPB) sign the torrents. It would be pretty hard to shutdown someone signing hashes from an unknown location.
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runn1ng 4203 days ago
In a fully decentralized environment, you would need to somehow know who to trust and make some karma/feedback in a decentralized way.

Given that PGP's web of trust never really caught on, I am not sure if this would work.

But maybe it would and I am just too pesimistic.

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murbard2 4203 days ago
Decentralization is a tool, not a goal. TBP, and some verified uploaders managed to gain a good reputation and they didn't abuse it, did they?
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dandelion_lover 4203 days ago
Why not just use I2P? Though it is not so fast, but for many things acceptable.
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minthd 4203 days ago
The pirate bay has a comment system, and an option to verify torrents are uploaded by someone. It's possible to implement those in a p2p way, but than it comes close to the improved systems on silk road with reputation ,etc - so maybe they prefer not to go there.
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