BitTorrent + BitCoin? just a random thought, people have extra bandwidth, why not share a piece of a secured file, someone wants to use an always on cloud sync can have that. let me point out some key points: * excess bandwidth through P2P * redundant cloud type storage * all secured according to Bittorrent with sync * host or request bandwidth/storage for trade in BitCoin assuming a person wanted an always on always available cloud for his/her files; they could trade for 0 balance in Bitcoins to have a cloud storage through proven P2P technologies, come on we all know how it works to seed and leach. now if they wanted they could also pay in Bitcoins for cloud storage from clients with proven storage at high bandwidths, basically a person who seeds more could make a marginal profit. as i see it I don't need to know what pieces i'm holding of a secured file, and i don't need to know what it is. and for no cost at all i could share some of my bandwidth to these anonymous secured packets, mere incomplete pieces of a file, in order to gain redundancy and an always on virtual cloud. and there is a profit or gain for individuals who can dedicate space or bandwidth assuming there are those willing to pay for it. I have no Bitcoins, nor stock in bitcoin, neither would i likely profit much from this. i only see an open alternative to the cloud servers from dropbox, google, box, skydrive. why get several free accounts and try to manage them all when P2P offers the same thing. and if you were going to pay anyway you might was well pay, its not a corporation that gets all the money, at least not unless they make their storage and bandwidth open and compete fairly with the little guy for a few packets. anyone see faults in my logic? sure, the ratios would need to be worked out. I think its a good idea, which meets the needs of many people.
