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laanwj | 21 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 yes the "bazillion nodes and centuries of existence" argument comes across as unconvincing and a bit insincere to me, sure DHT has existed for long, and worked reasonably well for torrents, but it doesn't necessarily mean it will for this specific use case

a bit like using the bitcoin block chain for something new and then saying "it's been proven to work since 2009"
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Nuh 🔻 | 21 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 No, we are saying Mainline has this exact capacity, and we are using this capacity in compliance with BEP0044. 

And furthermore we are saying how our usage is very respectful of the DHT and not adding too much unnecessary traffic to it.

And finally we are saying: there are no other networks that have the same capacity, and you can't just manifest millions of nodes with such track record of surviving attacks by states and corporations. So if you refuse to use this network, you have to justify that by showing the better alternative. And in this case (aiming for censorship resistance), better is synonym with bigger.

If we were insincere, we would have invented a new DHT with fancy bells wland whistles and tried to take all the credit. Instead we are saying: Use the amazing miracle that we inherited for free.

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