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		runn1ng on Dec 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Swedish Police Raid the Pirate Bay, Site Offline In a fully decentralized environment, you would need to somehow know who to trust and make some karma/feedback in a decentralized way. Given that PGP's web of trust never really caught on, I am not sure if this would work. But maybe it would and I am just too pesimistic.

murbard2 on Dec 9, 2014 | [–]

Decentralization is a tool, not a goal. TBP, and some verified uploaders managed to gain a good reputation and they didn't abuse it, did they?

dandelion_lover on Dec 9, 2014 | [–]

Why not just use I2P? Though it is not so fast, but for many things acceptable.

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