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Would blockchain work better for the Fediverse, instead of Email Style Instances? (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by Teknevra@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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I recently came across three separate platforms:

Qortal: https://qortal.org/

ZeroNet: https://zeronet.io/

and

Plebbit: https://plebbit.com/

That all claim to be completely decentralized.

There's even talk about how Plebbit is more decentralized than the Fediverse, because the Fediverse is based off of instances.

https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/s/0ynXzrD5H6

And I was curious, would such a setup work better for the Fediverse, or is it basically just a huge scam/waste of time and money?

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[-] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

They aren't scams, they are tech nerds trying to re-invent another wheel. Plebbit looked the strongest to me imho but advertising a 4chan clone as your top site on the chain/torrent network will raise alarm bells with most folks.

The two main problems I see with these approaches:

  • Chain-based: lots of cpu and inter-node traffic for what? Guarenteeing you're seeing the current version of the site? meh
  • Torrent-based: quirky, less popular sites will have less peers and you may be waiting forever to see the site.

Not really doing it for me at all to be honest.

this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2025
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