Comments on: The blockchain is a threat to the distributed future of the Internet https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/blockchain-threat-distributed-future-internet/2016/05/23 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:28:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Andrew Durham https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/blockchain-threat-distributed-future-internet/2016/05/23/comment-page-1#comment-1634182 Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:28:52 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=56426#comment-1634182 Your criticism is true of the first blockchain projects. Bitcoin is a disaster, really. Ethereum is also effectively centralized.

Skycoin solves this problem. It is a federated network that actually replaces the internet, including hardware (everything but the huge fiber cable bundles). Companies can own their own blockchains, physically controlling them on their own equipment in their own buildings. The protocol is what is shared.

]]> By: matthew slater https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/blockchain-threat-distributed-future-internet/2016/05/23/comment-page-1#comment-1576837 Mon, 23 May 2016 10:18:25 +0000 https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=56426#comment-1576837 Is this true for all blockchains? Will the problem be solved as blockchain sharding arrives? Are there other kinds of distributed database with other kinds of consensus? Don’t permissioned blockchains change the equation somewhat? Have you seen Art Brock’s recent describing Ceptr, which he and Eric Harris Brown are working on?
https://medium.com/metacurrency-project/beyond-blockchain-simple-scalable-cryptocurrencies-1eb7aebac6ae#.4ae68sfy2

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