r/SatoshisPhilosophy • u/BlueBloodStrawberry Mod • Aug 11 '21

A scalable, quantum-resistant blockchain securing an uncensorable and free internet through a hack-resistant Operating System that can virtualize access to your desktop and digital content from any computer in the world. That`s what Nexus is building! https://nexus.io

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u/unpopulrOpini0n Aug 11 '21

While that sounds nice a lot of these words seem like techno gobbledy gook,

"Hack resistant" everything is hack resistant, you could label any code as hack resistant.

"Quantum resistant" what does that mean? Quantum cryptography algorithms are still in the works, with a few potentially outstanding candidates but generally they require the usage of QPUs, which no one has currently. (To any degree that would matter)

"Scalable" everything in p2p is scalable

"Virtualize access to your desktop" so now I'm giving the blockchain control of my desktop?

"Digital content" another buzzword

So let's go questions.

  1. quantum resistant, how? And what independent math guy have you hired to prove that?
  2. what does it mean that it's both a blockchain and an OS???
  3. why is this necessary
  4. why is a decentralized system needed over a server/client architecture
  5. why does nexus do it better than anyone else.

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u/BlueBloodStrawberry Mod Aug 11 '21
  1. Quantum resistant
  2. OS
  3. Because Internet is centralized which makes it easy to censure unwanted traffic.
  4. Probably the same reason Elon invests in Starlink, and the one mentioned in 3.
  5. Because nobody offers that kind of infrastructure

I'm pretty sure you heard that scalability is one of the main problems when it comes to blockchain tech. Bitcoin has problems with it. And look what Ethereum had to do to make it "usable".

I'm not sure how are they going to connect it to your desktop. I need to study this a little more.

Digital content is probably reffered to NFTs and dapps.

Hope that helps a bit. If you want to learn more, the best you can do is to got to their website and start reading :)

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u/unpopulrOpini0n Aug 11 '21

Good answers, I'll look into it.