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		hervature on Nov 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An engineer's observations on Web3 and its possibi... Sorry, I'm not going to allow people to rewrite history and claim torrents are Web3. The technology is 20 years old and the most dominant protocol for file sharing.

kall on Nov 24, 2021 [–]

Arguably the most successful decentralized protocol so far. They where just 20 years ahead of the scene.

jerrygoyal on Dec 1, 2021 | [–]

sorry for misinfo. torrents are not at all web3. web3 usually means decentralized plus backed by blockchain. DTube and Steemit are some products built on web3.

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