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0 pointsasgionio12357y ago0 comments

A P2P Internet is not only practical but used in practice. BitTorrent at one point accounted for the majority of Internet traffic.

My problem with that technology is that, if the main character actually wanted to do good, he'd donate that algorithm to Apache and the show would be over in ten minutes. Or, if he wanted to make loads of money, he could license it for millions. Instead he wound up launching an ICO. The show should have been over in half an episode, but they turned the hero into a moronic sociopath to drag it out for five seasons.

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sidlls7y ago

Your last sentence describes a number of actual startups, though, and that's part of why it's funny.

toyg7y ago

But that’s the point of the show: a lot of “startup culture” is actually hypocritical, and doesn’t necessarily acts rationally. People want to be “the next Zuck” more than they really want to change the world or make money.

Apocryphon7y ago

BitTorrent is free and open but Bram Cohen also created BitTorrent the company, which this year was acquired by a Chinese cryptocurrency/blockchain company, so. Life often holds examples that follow art.

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