instead of having a web3 Popcorn time, why do torrent websites not adapt a tokenised model to increment the number of seeders? could not seeders become sort of miners where they get some sort of token by hosting files? And leechers would need to pay a low amount of tokens to download some files therefore increasing the value of those tokens and incentivising further file hosting? furthermore, people who post content would need to lock some amount of tokens (and receive some profit based on the number of downloads) but in case the content they post is insecure they can be slashed. the number of tokens they lock determines the index of the result after a search. so more tokens locked = higher in the ranking. by slashing the accounts who post files containing viruses, this would make the files hosted on the website way safer.
plus no ads needed because the website's devs can have an initial amount of tokens that are vested linearly thus incentivising them to mantain the website