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Lemmy.world update: Downtime today / Cloudflare (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by ruud@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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Today, like the past few days, we have had some downtime. Apparently some script kids are enjoying themselves by targeting our server (and others). Sorry for the inconvenience.

Most of these 'attacks' are targeted at the database, but some are more ddos-like and can be mitigated by using a CDN. Some other Lemmy servers are using Cloudflare, so we know that works. Therefore we have chosen Cloudflare as CDN / DDOS protection platform for now. We will look into other options, but we needed something to be implemented asap.

For the other attacks, we are using them to investigate and implement measures like rate limiting etc.

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[-] nitefox@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Is “decentralised” the new “blockchain”?

[-] ellesper@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

Well, no. Unlike the blockchain, decentralized platforms aren't snake oil.

[-] BuiltWithStolenParts@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This explains nothing. It's literally saying "one thing is bad, the other thing isn't". Try to explain why instead, if you do happen to have an explanation.

[-] MaxVerstappen@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

One of the things that makes Lemmy unique is the underlying decentralized infrastructure. I think it's just a request to keep that mantra.

[+] Schooner@lemmy.ml -9 points 11 months ago

Why are the Lemmy devs asking for snake oil on their Donate page then?

Sitting comfy in a country where the financial system works for you elites is the real snake oil.

[-] HeavenAndHell@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

........what are you even talking about? Your sentence makes zero sense.

[-] Schooner@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

100% of the crypto hate I see is from citizens of neocolonial states. You lord your control of the financial system over us and when something threatens it, it's always delegitimised for any number of reasons.

Take your pick: scam, destroying the environment, eroding state power etc.

A decentralised system/society will need a value layer to transact. You think Visa should be in control of that?

Just because you don't like it, doesn't make it snake oil. I hope you never find yourself at the mercy of a government that persecutes you and imposes capital control so you can't even run away with your money. If crypto existed when my people were literally being genocided, my parents would not have to end up in a new country with nothing to their name.

[-] TheBeege@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Just because you're smart at writing code doesn't mean you're smart at other things :) Or more likely, maybe they're ideology-driven rather than by practicality.

Lemmy is an unusual but fortunate example of where ideology and practicality line up.

If you can find an entire nation state that runs on crypto currency with a functional, stable economy, I'll eat my words.

[-] Schooner@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago

Why would I want a nation state to run on anything? The end of the nation state is the communist utopia!

I am for whatever erodes the illegitimate violence exerted by nation states to safeguard their parasitic domain. If it's crypto, it's crypto. If people not eating apples brought about their end, I would be out there burning orchards.

[-] PropaGandalf@lemmy.world -5 points 11 months ago

Blockchain can bring trust and thus monetisation to a decentralised network. A good example is the Tor network, which is based on voluntariness, and dVPNs, which can have the same network architecture, but where the nodes are paid for their services.