A Storm on the Horizon? "Twister" and the Implications of the Blockchain and Peer-to-Peer Social Networks for Online Violent Extremism.
"Twister," developed by Miguel Freitas, is a social network platform centered around micro-blogging, much like Twitter. However, rather than relying on centralized servers owned and maintained by a single firm, Twister users operate a blockchain combined with distributed hash table (DHT)–like and Bi...
| Publicado en: | Studies in Conflict & Terrorism Vol. 42; no. 1/2; pp. 206 - 228 |
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2019
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