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perryizgr8 on Dec 10, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Avoiding Internet Centralization

In fact, isn't torrent magnet links exactly this kind of a system? You can locate files on thousands of peer systems, without using a centralized tracker.

notriddle on Dec 10, 2021 | [–]

But not human readable, so not a replacement for DNS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooko%27s_triangle

doublepg23 on Dec 10, 2021 | | [–]

Can you comment on the proposed solutions in that article?

aspenmayer on Dec 10, 2021 | [–]

DHT definitely seems to fit. You can even search the DHT itself without using torrents or magnet links at all.

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