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FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy

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Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy

www.404media.co

FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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The TikTok ban and Donald Trump's rise to power show how fragile our social media accounts are. We must normalize and invest in decentralized social media.
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    There’s an add-on for Bitcoin called the “Lightning Network” that adds onion routing like Tor.

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      Yes, but it does not work well. You constantly get failing payments due to inadequate channel liquidity unless you’re using a large centralized wallet provider and using a large centralized wallet provider defeats the purpose of peer to peer digital cash that’s uncensorable.

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        I’ve been using the Electrum wallet for years now with no issues.

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          @explodicle @shortwavesurfer as someone that is using it profissionaly, we dont have route for payments more times than I would like to admit…

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            Electrum or a different wallet?

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              @explodicle yes, we where using electrum… LN has a routing problem… You neednto open channels with the major players and se of them charge for it

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                Maybe that’s what I’ve been doing, I’ve been picking “trampoline” and it seems to just work.

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                What’s the website for your business? I’m having trouble replicating being unable to route a payment, and want to try buying something from you.

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