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Paul Frazee
Personal blog · pfrazee.github.io/blogwebsystems
Paul Frazee's personal blog at pfrazee.github.io covers web and systems. Since 2016, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “What is the P2P Web?”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Paul Frazee's blog for its writing on decentralised web tools like Dat and Beaker, and on secure ledgers that do not need proof-of-work or blockchain costs.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Software, decentralization, peer-to-peer systems, and more.
Most-linked posts?
- What is the P2P Web?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-12-19
- /blog/secure-ledgers-dont-require-proof-of-work2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-12-26
What Hacker News says?
Checked out Dat and Beaker, and I'm in love already - it's great to see people appreciating the terrible costs of the blockchain, and figuring out how to get distributed trust without it. The post by Beaker's creator, linked in this article, is also worth a look: https://pfrazee.github.io/blog/secure-ledgers-dont-require-p... .
Comment linking /blog/secure-ledgers-dont-require-proof-of-work
on “Decentralization Roundup for 2017”Submitted Show HN: Beaker – A browser for IPFS and Dat as a story · 160 points
HN discussionThere are promising alternatives to energy intensive proof-of-work crypto algorithms. Specifically proof-of-stake (Ethereum, etc)[0], and ledger-backed services[1]. [0] https://blockgeeks.com/guides/ethereum-casper/ [1] https://pfrazee.github.io/blog/secure-ledgers-dont-require-p...
Comment linking /blog/secure-ledgers-dont-require-proof-of-work
on “Publication of Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework”Submitted Announcing DatHTTPD as a story · 141 points
HN discussionHey all. This is the second time I'm submitting Beaker. First time was back in august.[1] Since then, we've done a lot to improve the browser and build on the ideas. I've written about the P2P Web here[2], and there's a talk at the Web 1.0 conference[3] that goes into more depth if you're still curious. Happy to answer any questions. Architecture/scaling, privacy, FOSS on the Web, etc. 1 https://news.ycombinator.com…
Comment linking /blog/what-is-the-p2p-web
on “Beaker – An experimental P2P browser”Submitted On blockchains and why secure ledgers don't require proof-of-work as a story · 77 points
HN discussionA few years ago, I saw a proposal for multiplayer games which suggested that the time passage between ticks vary depending on how many users are playing within a close space, to help deal with the increased network load. This is something that Eve Online does, but it segments its game-space into discrete sectors and therefore it slows down time uniformly in these sectors. This proposal was to do the same, but variab…
Comment linking /gsim/
on “The frame rate of the universe (2009)”Submitted Achieving Scale in the Decentralized Web as a story · 66 points
HN discussionHi. This seems very interesting. I followed the rabit hole and ended up here https://pfrazee.github.io/blog/what-is-the-p2p-web . And also checked provided git. Still doesn't understand how you published straight from the Beaker Browser so your dat:// site is accesible via http! Can you elaborate bit more? Thanks Edit: I've got it :-) Edit2: You've installed awscli, but never used in Dockerfile. Why?
Comment linking /blog/what-is-the-p2p-web
on “Show HN: Deploy dathttpd on now.sh”Submitted What is the P2P Web? as a story · 14 points
HN discussionTL;DR: We can use the Dat protocol as a WAN filesystem, give the user a "Root Dat Archive," and build in a bash-like JS terminal. Users can configure and manage their system modifying files in their Root Archive, and can link in archives published by self or others. We've got a demo of the terminal now https://pfrazee.github.io/assets/img/webterm.gif
Comment linking /assets/img/webterm.gif
on “Reimagining the browser as a p2p network OS”Submitted Announcing Beaker Browser 0.7 as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reimagining the browser as a p2p network OS as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted P2P deserves another chance (2018) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted WebComponents, Yo as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is the P2P Web? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted NodeVMS alpha: trustless execution of services on Node.js as a story · 2 points
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