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Topic: Twister : blockchain based microblogging distributed via torrent DHT (Read 4613 times)
January 13, 2014, 06:25:16 AM
January 07, 2014, 04:51:28 PM
Just spotted this new project called Twister
http://twister.net.co/
Miguel forked Bitcoind in august, added libtorrent-raster to it for DHT and uses the blockchain to distribute microblogging but also private messages. Has a nifty html/jquery interface and even an Android app. All alpha.
Love it already :^) Finally something that fills the gap left by Witcoin and even better than I expected.
I'm setting up my home node now :^P
http://twister.net.co/
Miguel forked Bitcoind in august, added libtorrent-raster to it for DHT and uses the blockchain to distribute microblogging but also private messages. Has a nifty html/jquery interface and even an Android app. All alpha.
Love it already :^) Finally something that fills the gap left by Witcoin and even better than I expected.
I'm setting up my home node now :^P
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January 07, 2014, 03:26:16 PM
They are featured in /. today
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/01/07/161257/twister-the-fully-decentralized-p2p-microblogging-platform
This is awesome and it's probably going to explode... in a good way!
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/01/07/161257/twister-the-fully-decentralized-p2p-microblogging-platform
This is awesome and it's probably going to explode... in a good way!
January 03, 2014, 12:07:53 PM
For the average person using things like twitter already, what would be a convincing reason for them to switch to something like this. in lamen terms , whats the real benefit ?
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January 03, 2014, 05:33:55 AM
Thread about it here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/twister-is-amazing-395809
January 03, 2014, 05:03:25 AM
After a bit of fingering around Twister, reading parts of code and reasoning on its architecture, hereby my current impression:
1) The libtorrent-raster integration is very interesting. It can be interesting also for the mainline Bitcoind and other clients around.
2) Having a blockchain based messaging system is something I've been contemplating for a while now. There can be so many uses for it!
3) Twister will hardly take off as it is since there is no incentive for running it. There is simply no balance. No gain, just pain for cpus and routers.
I hope to see this or other similar projects being developed in future. Would definitely contribute to them if they go into a direction that I perceive as successful, unfortunately this is not yet the case for Twister, but lets see. It is certainly an inspiring project and the coder is a good one.
My suggestion: give rewards to seed-dns and miners, lets say twistercoins (TWC) and then make Twister messaging accounts cost something in TWC.
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1) The libtorrent-raster integration is very interesting. It can be interesting also for the mainline Bitcoind and other clients around.
2) Having a blockchain based messaging system is something I've been contemplating for a while now. There can be so many uses for it!
3) Twister will hardly take off as it is since there is no incentive for running it. There is simply no balance. No gain, just pain for cpus and routers.
I hope to see this or other similar projects being developed in future. Would definitely contribute to them if they go into a direction that I perceive as successful, unfortunately this is not yet the case for Twister, but lets see. It is certainly an inspiring project and the coder is a good one.
My suggestion: give rewards to seed-dns and miners, lets say twistercoins (TWC) and then make Twister messaging accounts cost something in TWC.
ciao
January 01, 2014, 02:15:54 AM
yep but it all starts somewhere. eventually we will use these things for many uses, and it will be very powerful. pure trade is the way. think what the internet did for publishing.
December 31, 2013, 12:24:09 PM
I'm excited about these developments as more than just a twitter or Bitmessage drop in replacement.
they have the potential for things like silk road seller pages or blogs. I wrote more here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/using-the-blockchain-as-a-tracker-bittorrent-for-silk-road-seller-pages-379080
https://wiki.unsystem.net/index.php/DarkWallet/Overview#Messaging_layer
they have the potential for things like silk road seller pages or blogs. I wrote more here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/using-the-blockchain-as-a-tracker-bittorrent-for-silk-road-seller-pages-379080
https://wiki.unsystem.net/index.php/DarkWallet/Overview#Messaging_layer
Yes, I read that post. I think that looking wider than the Silk Road angle reveals an even bigger prize: Bitmit ended somewhat ignominiously. The ownership of that site was a bit of a hot potato, and it perhaps ended up in not the best hands.
But what they were aiming at was so valuable: selling highly valuable items for BTC. eBay need all sorts of permissions about what they can or can't sell, depending on the jurisdiction. Some governments just want their buddies in "accredited" institutions to have a cut of the action. Given this, uncensorable sales listings are perhaps even more laudable for houses/property, cars, yachts, businesses etc than they are for contraband. Combine it with the smart property and contracts stuff (enabled in a separate channel of the same model, of course), and all of the "the law is there to protect your rights" stuff goes away too. Sales agents, legal draftsmen, ownership transferral authorities, they can all wave goodbye, and try to find someone else's lunchtable to vacuum up the scraps from. Government stands watching, jaw moving, but no words.
December 31, 2013, 10:47:29 AM
I'm excited about these developments as more than just a twitter or Bitmessage drop in replacement.
they have the potential for things like silk road seller pages or blogs. I wrote more here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/using-the-blockchain-as-a-tracker-bittorrent-for-silk-road-seller-pages-379080
https://wiki.unsystem.net/index.php/DarkWallet/Overview#Messaging_layer
they have the potential for things like silk road seller pages or blogs. I wrote more here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/using-the-blockchain-as-a-tracker-bittorrent-for-silk-road-seller-pages-379080
https://wiki.unsystem.net/index.php/DarkWallet/Overview#Messaging_layer
December 31, 2013, 01:58:30 AM
Lol, how much does this devalue the Twitter market cap. I'm sure Twitter could implement private messaging on their platform, and I'm sure everybody would believe the messages would be genuinely private 
I think the "tweet" verb is going to be a little more tenacious, though. Oh well, at least they contributed something useful to the winning model
I think the "tweet" verb is going to be a little more tenacious, though. Oh well, at least they contributed something useful to the winning model
Who cares, Twitter hasn't posted $1 in positive revenue during its entire existence. Their stocks are completely overvalued.
But this is great, and what Twitter should be really. Twitter is a great platform but seemingly impossible to monetize in the typical way through advertising or "premium" services. However as a distributed micro-blogging platform coupled with a blockchain, is perfect.
December 30, 2013, 09:40:01 PM
Lol, how much does this devalue the Twitter market cap. I'm sure Twitter could implement private messaging on their platform, and I'm sure everybody would believe the messages would be genuinely private
I think the "tweet" verb is going to be a little more tenacious, though. Oh well, at least they contributed something useful to the winning model
I think the "tweet" verb is going to be a little more tenacious, though. Oh well, at least they contributed something useful to the winning model
December 30, 2013, 07:57:40 PM
Just spotted this new project called Twister
http://twister.net.co/
Miguel forked Bitcoind in august, added libtorrent-raster to it for DHT and uses the blockchain to distribute microblogging but also private messages. Has a nifty html/jquery interface and even an Android app. All alpha.
Love it already :^) Finally something that fills the gap left by Witcoin and even better than I expected.
I'm setting up my home node now :^P
http://twister.net.co/
Miguel forked Bitcoind in august, added libtorrent-raster to it for DHT and uses the blockchain to distribute microblogging but also private messages. Has a nifty html/jquery interface and even an Android app. All alpha.
Love it already :^) Finally something that fills the gap left by Witcoin and even better than I expected.
I'm setting up my home node now :^P
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