Re: Bit451 - "decentralized YouTube" (distributed anonymous p2p media network)
This sounds like a very interesting idea.
I'll be sure to read through the white paper soon and get back with my thoughts.
Have you guys heard of MediaGoblin, who are/were more-or-less wanting to make something similar (but I believe development ceased or is very slow at this time at least)?
Yeah, MediaGoblin has some similar goals, but their execution is... well, quite different than the Bit451 vision...I'll be sure to read through the white paper soon and get back with my thoughts.
Have you guys heard of MediaGoblin, who are/were more-or-less wanting to make something similar (but I believe development ceased or is very slow at this time at least)?
- MediaGoblin is not actually decentralized, as it claims to be. All its content and data is centrally stored on the hosting server. It is only "decentralized" in the sense that any machine can install MediaGoblin. So that seems like a bit of false advertising, to be honest.
- MediaGoblin requires a conventional Python/SQL server to run.
- MediaGoblin is not aesthetically- or user-friendly.
Bit451, on the other hand, is: totally decentralized (all its content is in the mesh of P2P file transfer networks, all its [meta]data is in its DDB); serverless (fully JavaScript-powered); aesthetically- and user-friendly.
I do not know about media goblin, but i heard PirateBay was working on something similar (that is if they are still free), i believe they were planing on launching their browser for their torrent media?
PirateBrowser is basically just a customized Tor Browser, so it doesn't have much in common with Bit451 