How is LBRY different from BitTorrent?

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How is LBRY different from BitTorrent? 2017-09-11 09:35:36 Post No. 3427699
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How is LBRY different from BitTorrent? Anonymous 2017-09-11 09:35:36 Post No. 3427699 [Report]

BitTorrent are wonderful technologies from which LBRY has drawn a lot of inspiration. However, they both suffer from the same flaws:

Lack of discovery. BitTorrent and IPFS provide decentralized ways to access a unique piece of data or information, but they do not provide an overall catalog that lists all of the available data or information to consume.
Ugly URLs. BitTorrent only provides access via long, complex magnet URLs. IPFS supports human-friendly naming via IPNS, but this is an after-the-fact hack and does not provide a single, authoritative, user-friendly namespace the way the LBRY does.
Lack of monetization. Neither BitTorrent nor IPFS support payments to publishers for the content or data they create and publish to the network*; LBRY does.
Incentive problems. BitTorrent and IPFS rely on people being generous with their own resources for data to continue to be available. LBRY creates market incentives for data to be as widespread and available as possible.

Anonymous 2017-09-11 09:42:30 Post No.3427738
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How is LBRY different from Decent / SingularDTV / Alexandria?

The first, and biggest, difference is that LBRY exists and has significant traction. As of this writing, Alexandria is the only one of these to release a client to the public, and there hasn’t been much progress since that release.

It's difficult to compare LBRY to something that doesn't exist yet, but as we understand it, no alternative is providing a human-friendly namespace and discovery mechanisms like LBRY.

Additionally, LBRY is the only one of these three to see significant backing outside of the cryptocurrency niche. While we love crypto, we're aiming to be a mainstream, household technology. To that extent, the fact that LBRY has backing from major VCs, tech companies, and Hollywood studios says a lot.

Finally, unlike almost every blockchain companyC, LBRY has never sold coins to the public. They have put themselves in a position where the only way we make money is if LBRY is a long-term success. To LBRY users, having "skin in the game" is a moral imperative.

Anonymous 2017-09-11 09:45:53 Post No.3427770
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How is LBRY different from YouTube / Netflix / Apple TV?

YouTube, Netflix, Apple TV, and other similar services are centralized platforms controlled by a single corporate entity. These companies can change the rules unilaterally, as well as censor content to appease authoritarian governments or corporate partners.

LBRY is a decentralized, open-source protocol that is controlled by its users. LBRY facilitates a similar experience to the aforementioned services, but does it in a way that is entirely decentralized. LBRY can never unilaterally change the rules on publishers or consumers, making it dramatically trustworthy.

Anonymous 2017-09-11 09:51:49 Post No.3427808
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How is LBRY different from a toaster?

Toasters transfer heat via radiative EM waves in the infrared spectrum to brown bread and make people happy.

LBRY transfers data via EM waves in the infrared spectrum* to deliver content and make people happy.

LBRY is also brave and little. So we’re basically, fundamentally the same as a toaster.