It had all sorts of nice properties, including some resilience against Sybil attacks.
The problem was that, even with the ability to "forget" unneeded blocks, the storage requirement was simply out of reach for the regular person. [2]
And because it's out of reach of the regular person, it will inevitably centralize around companies that do it for people. And we're back to where we started.
It had all sorts of nice properties, including some resilience against Sybil attacks.
The problem was that, even with the ability to "forget" unneeded blocks, the storage requirement was simply out of reach for the regular person. [2]
And because it's out of reach of the regular person, it will inevitably centralize around companies that do it for people. And we're back to where we started.
So that's why I gave up on the idea.
[1]: https://gavinhoward.com/2020/07/decentralizing-the-internet-...
[2]: https://gavinhoward.com/2021/03/setting-aside-an-idea-decent...