Comment on Kademlia: A Peer-To-peer Information System Based on the XOR Metric (2002) [pdf]parentComments−amitport7yIMO. The p2p business model is problematic in this case.1 People need to incentives to join a p2p network and certainly to contribute storage+bandwidth1* Reliably and privacy issues makes this a bigger problem (though p2p may also be the solution, it's not easily achievable)2 This can't easily happen without investment. Marketing + setup without "hassles" is not cheap2* Given investment, what are the assets of the investors?
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IMO. The p2p business model is problematic in this case.
1 People need to incentives to join a p2p network and certainly to contribute storage+bandwidth
1* Reliably and privacy issues makes this a bigger problem (though p2p may also be the solution, it's not easily achievable)
2 This can't easily happen without investment. Marketing + setup without "hassles" is not cheap
2* Given investment, what are the assets of the investors?