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Bookworm Cowboy

3 years ago -

Message from BitChute NOV 01, 2021

Banking Update: We opened a case in the UK against HSBC due to what we believe to be a discriminatory cancellation. We operate a legal and ethical business bringing much-needed competition to a monopolised and complex market. Banks should be supporting businesses like ours rather than making our lives difficult. We also have a substantial amount of our money stuck with HSBC due to this. This case is taking longer than usual because of Covid.

Ofcom Update: As you know, CST very publically raised a case against us at the start of the year. Since then, we have been in the process of structural engagement with Ofcom. This engagement resulted in us increasing our moderation and support staff and other changes. The excellent news is that Ofcom has decided it is unnecessary to take this further, and the case is now closed. We commend Ofcom for their professionalism and fairness in engaging with us; they have a tough job balancing laws set by the Government with human rights and ensuring ample competition in the market, which they strive to do well.

Decentralised Storage: As you know, we had already begun moving videos onto decentralised storage. We've changed our approach to avoid a lock into a single project; in other words, we want to be agnostic about the storage layer, and we are currently using IPFS and SIA plus centralised storage. A challenge here is maintaining good performance while transferring increasingly large amounts of data to and from multiple types of storage so that videos always play smoothly and loading times are always fast. Through 2022 we will focus on reducing the dependency on centralised storage and increasing the visibility of the decentralised storage, so people will find it simple to interact with it directly in completely decentralised ways.

Blockchain: We have mixed feelings about blockchains. Some blockchain projects have been great, but others are hype with limited or no fundamental value or data traps accessible to Governments and large corporations such as Cambridge Analytica. We're launching a blockchain, but its design will avoid these problems.
This blockchain will keep a permanent, decentralised list of references to content. There will also be a token whose utility is to pay for writes to this blockchain, and the value in the discovery and sovereignty it provides will make this worthwhile.

We have selected Tendermint (https://tendermint.com/) as the underlying technology to build upon; it's fast, proven, and flexible. We will benefit from its large community of developers who maintain the underlying core functionality, security at the cutting-edge without us having to bear those costs.

Decentralised Moderation: An area where there is plenty of room for innovation is in moderation of content. One of the problems with big tech is they have a monopoly on moderation, and one size does not fit all. We plan to create something entirely new called Competitive Moderation, where you will choose your moderator and where anyone or any group can become a moderator. The benefits here are huge; for example, you will be able to switch moderators if you decide yours is unfairly removing content or not removing enough content. There are benefits to free speech and any number of situations, such as creating suitable, safe environments for children or niche environments specific to a particular person's interests.

To do this, we are using a technology called GunDB (https://gun.eco/), a decentralised database technology. We have already done a lot of testing with this.

There will also be a UI overhaul that will make integrating some of these new decentralised features easier. We will be using VUE as the new front end tech, and any open-source devs can contribute if they like.

That's quite a lot, and depending on funding, there may be more to come. We have never taken corporate money; we rely on contributions from the community. Our independence allows us to take the project in principled directions in the community's best interest. Thank you so much for being so supportive.
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Sounds like you should use UGETube or JoshWho TV and forget about Bitchute....

Zealous Zoomer
3 years ago

@bookwormcowboy When money is king and not freedom, it goes to trash

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Zealous Zoomer
3 years ago

@BearItGaming Well you know what I mean. They do kinda grift if you really think about it. Calling themselves free speech, only to mess with your comments and videos. It would be one thing if they gave us a heads up that they're British, and have to follow their standards.

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