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New improvements to IPFS Bitswap for faster contai...
Well to be fair it would be quite imprudent to have a file system where everyone can see what everyone is doing.
In particular it's pointless to be able to circumvent censorship if you can't do so anonymously.
nine_k
on Feb 28, 2020
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Circumventing censorship without strong anonymity is not necessarily pointless: you can publish something sensitive from a place where you'd not be prosecuted (e.g. from abroad). The point is to bring the message to those who are denied information.
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In particular it's pointless to be able to circumvent censorship if you can't do so anonymously.