Why p2p deserves another chance

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Peer-to-peer gets concrete here with the Beaker browser running a files-first web using the DAT protocol where sites are addressed by public keys, files are signed, and DNS maps pretty names. Examples include a Twitter-like feed built from the unwalled garden JSON files, self‑mutating sites that write their own files, real‑time messaging without WebRTC signalling, and a social hosting model plus optional cloud nodes that act as dumb CDNs to preserve uptime and share bandwidth.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 2:04Server / Client
3. 2:31Peer-to-peer
4. 3:01Decentralization
5. 3:34Data ownership
6. 3:57Data privacy
7. 4:47Open source
8. 9:39Browser "server"
9. 11:25Access control
10. 12:25Social hosting
11. 13:11Cloud hosting
12. 13:37The Hosting Grid
13. 15:12Self-mutating Websites
14. 16:58Social Aggregation
15. 19:24Unwalled Garden
16. 21:27Real-time messaging
17. 23:18Application models

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