Comment on Welp that answers a lot of why all .ml are down
LordShrek@lemmy.world 1 year agono, you’re misunderstanding. that shouldn’t be how it works. there shouldn’t be any difference between the software on each instance such that it make your data insecure. this is how bitcoin works. this is why anyone can spin up a bitcoin instance and have it start contributing to the bitcoin blockchain and you as a user don’t have to “trust” that particular node. trust is built into the distributed software architecture. you don’t “choose” a set of bitcoin nodes. you don’t “choose” a number of CDN or DNS servers.
shrugal@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Cryptocurrencies and social platforms are a completely different beasts. In crypto I want no moderation/censorship, I want anonymity, and above all there is a payout system so nodes can compete for something. This is all different when building a social network, so you can’t just use the same architecture. Building social structures and trust is desirable in a public forum, not something you want to get rid off.