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Post #1130060

2026-04-09 06:54 UTC

> blockchain Ok I still don't know what this program does that's interesting, but it sounds like another thing we don't need.

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  • @tal@lemmy.today 2026-04-09 07:01

    Without looking at the protocol at all, I generally think that blockchain stuff is a solution in search of a problem, but distributed storage *might* be used to make the system resistant to traffic analysis, the way Hyphanet does. *looks at GitHub repo* > Session Router (formerly Lokinet) is an onion routing IP network built on Session Service Nodes If it's doing onion routing, then it probably is intended to be resistant to traffic analysis.

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  • @x00z@lemmy.world 2026-04-09 12:23

    The idea is decent in theory, but not in execution. The idea is that token staking is done by node operators which makes it much harder to pull of 51% attacks as it requires hundreds of euros in money to be put aside. It also protects against poisoned nodes, which is theoretically possible on something like Tor because of how easy it is to spin those up for cheap. Besides that the token also funnels a tiny amount back towards the developers in an anonymous way that would help them during development. In practice though they should have just went without the blockchain. I have been very interested in Session but their blockchain model was always one of the biggest things that might kill the whole project.

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  • @Iconoclast@feddit.uk 2026-04-09 14:07

    You recognize one word in there and because you associate it with cryptocurrency you dismiss the entire thing.

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