For a long time, I thought of the blockchain as almost synonymous with cryptocurrencies, so as I saw stuff like “Odyssey” and “lbry” appearing and being “based on the blockchain”, my first thought was that it was another crypto scam. Then, I just got reminded of it and started looking more into it, and it just seemed like regular torrenting. For example, what’s the big innovation separating Odyssey from Peertube, which is also decentralized and also uses P2P? And what part of it does the blockchain really play, that couldn’t be done with regular P2P? More generally, and looking at the futur, does the blockchain offer new possibilities that the fediverse or pre-existing protocols don’t have?

  • dragontamer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    ETH staking is looking like its literally illegal in the USA, you know that right?

    Coinbase Earn is quite possibly trading in unsecured, unregulated securities and is being sued over it.

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      1 year ago

      That’s FUD. Lots of US based companies promote ETH staking and there’s no sign that the SEC is going to declare it a security.