Who is hosting this data?

in helloworld •  8 years ago  (edited)

Just made a Steem account, I was expecting something more like OpenBazaar. I don't feel like this post this is going through a decentralized p2p system. Is it?

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Every action on this website generates a signed transaction that is broadcast on a P2P network. This is just a light client like blockchain.info.

The magic is that you don't realize it is a blockchain, yet under the hood it is. Anyone can run a full node on their local machine and have access to all content.

Alot of newcomers will be flocking soon, maybe we need a intro to the blockchain page on steemit as most people will have never even heard of bitcoin let alone blockchains and steemit. But this will spread like a wild fire.