> We should accept the premise that people will not run their own servers by designing systems that can distribute trust without having to distribute infrastructure.
My biggest issue with that concept is that cryptography isn't timeless. Most cryptography system just work, because they delay information retrieval to a point were its value has degraded. However, if I want to store information securely for the long term, I prefer having it protected by more than just encryption (e.g. locality).
So even though I understand the argument, that most people don't want to run their own servers, I think the proposed alternative is even worse than the status quo :-/
My biggest issue with that concept is that cryptography isn't timeless. Most cryptography system just work, because they delay information retrieval to a point were its value has degraded. However, if I want to store information securely for the long term, I prefer having it protected by more than just encryption (e.g. locality).
So even though I understand the argument, that most people don't want to run their own servers, I think the proposed alternative is even worse than the status quo :-/