You can monetize from distributed systems; and I think this will happen more often with Blockchain, render farms and things like that.
> who on earth is going to buy, run and maintain this infrastructure?
This. As much as I love the idea of decentralization, I can't see it getting much traction because of this.
> This. As much as I love the idea of decentralization, I can't see it getting much traction because of this.
At least 90% of all smartphone users are clueless as to when apps work in the background on their devices, so if you install an app that turns your smartphone into a lightweight node in a p2p network, almost everybody will be none the wiser IMO.
Can your process your sensitive data on an unknown device without leaking any secrets?
Sure, pushing bits from one place to the other is easy. But _processing_ that data in any meaningful way is impossibly hard
Like with physical exercise, you start off somewhere and you discover solutions to problems you didn't know how to solve, along the way.
Also, I am not sure what you mean. What part of distributing encrypted data and decrypting it with your key on arrival is hard?
Admittedly, it would require a big shift in how we code apps. I am not opposed to that though.
Processing that data requires a remote CPU that can't be spied upon. In a de-centralised environment how can I get a reasonable guarantee that the person hosting the CPU isn't just listening to the secrets?
I can't answer your question directly. We simply can't rely on anyone hence we have encryption and key chains.
as a normal buisness I want to process sensitive information. That is not possible in the world you describe, with current CPUs
Plus it involves shifting highly sensitive assets to unknown third-parties its impossible to sell to the movies/TV studios