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The web and podcasting are already decentralized

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we forget that the web is the the original decentralized. Yes. Like, there's so many times where we look at these other protocols. And we're like, you know, we think, Okay, well, this, this protocol is going to meet my needs for decentralization.

Episode 152: Drop the TOC (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:31:22 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

People hunt for new protocols to get decentralization and forget the web is the original decentralized system: DNS, URLs, links, everyone hosting their own thing. Podcasting, spread across thousands of hosts, is already decentralized; new work is just an overlay.

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  1. Episode 152: Drop the TOC (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:35:17 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

    Podcasting is already decentralized. It really is. I mean, anything we'd add to it is just sort of, it's like an it's an overlay.

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  2. Episode 153: Chapter HO (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:31:30 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

    It finally brings in links. Yeah, which, which is what makes the web the web and what makes it decentralized.

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