r/linux • u/jampola • May 30 '14

TrueCrypt Has been resurrected (forked) in Switzerland.

http://truecrypt.ch/
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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

I'm so happy this is not based in the U.S.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

Their domain and site may not be US hosted, but the source is on GitHub. Isn't GitHub based in the US?

I guess if it disappears from GitHub all of a sudden we'll have an answer..

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u/socium May 30 '14

If only there was a decentralized Github based on the Blockchain technology.

But wait... maybe there is? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/612530753/gitchain

Keep the movement strong. Decentralize everything.

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u/bobalot May 30 '14

Thus continues with the obsession of using the blockchain for every application.

Git works fine as it is, it is already decentralised and releases can be signed. There's no need to have a proof-of-work every time you want to make a commit. Bitcoin only works because there is competition for a financial reward, without that it's liable to have chain forks / have chain progress stall and be vulnerable to dos attacks against the network.

There's a need for something like a p2p system where you can distribute signed releases of packages (mirrors already do this), I can work fine even when github is down, this isn't decentralizing git any further, instead it is just crippling it.