Damus
Edward Snowden · 129w
This really is the worst. Instagram started the trend with their hideous "log in or else" flow. Then Twitter and reddit went to insanely privacy-hostile API changes instead of simply requiring a proof...
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Check out Bitstream: https://www.hornetstorage.com/bitstream

It was made by Robin Linus. He has a grant from OpenSats for pioneering Zero Knowledge Proof verification on #Bitcoin at ZeroSync.org.

Bitstream enables people to trade coins for files/content/data over Lightning, so that the server can’t claim the payment unless he reveals the files to that person.
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Colby Serpa · 129w
Bitstream could help decentralize the web by allowing relays to serve data to users over Lightning bit by bit, packet by packet. Without Bitstream, paying for files over Lightning requires trusting the relay to not run away with the money… But with Bitstream, the need to trust relays is minimized...