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Life & fun · August 7, 2015

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Reddit and blockchain and webrtc

My attempt to create a decentralised reddit using a merkle-dag and webrtc. Advice would be much appreciated. https://memesfortheparanoid.com

Reddit and blockchain and webrtc launched on August 7, 2015 with 5 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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