cyphermoon

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by cyphermoon 5y ago
https://squareup.com/us/en/press/bcei-white-paper You seem to have a very definitive and final opinion on proof of work - would love to hear your opinion on this paper
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by cyphermoon 5y ago
this is just silly. do you have any specific issues? or are you just prejudicial against the whole crypto space? highly recommend you visit https://siasky.net and see for yourself
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by cyphermoon 5y ago
Signal does not require KYC, so there is no direct link there. As far as public ledgers are concerned, pseudonymous activity offers reasonable privacy controls as long as you know what you are doing. There are also entirely anonymous crypto
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by cyphermoon 5y ago
The "scam" is using payment systems that allow their owners, controllers, or just hackers to spy on every single transaction on earth, accessing all your past present and future economical activity on demand. Not even the worst di
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by cyphermoon 6y ago
Among other things, the blockchain/crypto part ensures hosts and portals have a monetary incentive to host data, making their service scalable and sustainable.
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by cyphermoon 6y ago
The only missing piece is a browser plugin or a dedicated browser that verifies that each piece of content you are served corresponds to the hash you are requesting. This is on the global roadmap, as well as automatic portal switching. The
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by cyphermoon 6y ago
You claim Sia issues too many coins. That is a myth. Inflation in 2021 will be no higher than 7%, declining every year after that. In case you are referring to the total supply, would it make you feel better to move the decimal to the left?
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by cyphermoon 6y ago
Cost. If this abuser was running his own Portal node to do so, he would simply be paying hosts to host his junk data. Hosts would be very happy to do so, as they set their own prices. If this abuser was trying to use a public Skynet portal,
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by cyphermoon 6y ago
That is incorrect. Only files on the basic Sia client are all stored encrypted. Skynet stores all files by default in cleartext. It is up to Skynet users or app developers to ensure files that are uploaded are encrypted client side. On a si
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by cyphermoon 6y ago
Portal and renter nodes pay hosts for the data in Siacoin. These payments are managed by file contracts that renters and hosts agree on and sign cryptographically. These contracts involve periodic verification that the data is being hosted.
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by cyphermoon 6y ago
Skynet can be used for any sort of data. Public facing portals and hosts serving unencrypted data are of course responsible for the content they serve. People can upload content in two ways: either by using a public facing portal such as si
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by cyphermoon 6y ago
Portals and hosts manage abuse reports. It is their responsibility to filter content. Of course, anyone can spin up their own portal and pin content that is being censored. However, that is their private business. No low size limitation on
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by cyphermoon 6y ago
This is incorrect. You don't need to run a Sia node to develop and deploy apps on Skynet. https://sia.tech/docs/#skynet