LBRY is one of a new crop of "uncensorable" blockchain-based content hosting sites, unsurprisingly run by a libertarian tech bro. They recently launched a "Youtube killer" called Odysee & set about trying to attract fascists. Yet, they are having some struggles. Let's explore. 
First, and most embarrassingly, Odysee is trying to act like they rolled their own livestreaming tech solution. Fact is, they seem to have just hired the programmer for Bitwave (goes by Dispatch/Xander) & are running all their livestreams through the Bitwave[.]tv infrastructure.
You may recall Bitwave as one of the sites that enabled GypsyCrusader (Paul Miller) to harass Omegle users w/ shocking, racist comments while dressed like The Joker - before his gun charges and arrest. Amazing partnership LBRY, wow.
Apparently they were also unaware of some well-known long-standing feuds between Bitwave & some of the very personalities they were trying to attract to Odysee. When Ethan Ralph, for example, heard Odysee was running Bitwave underneath, he quit the beta & returned to Trovo.
Anyway, that's not really the interesting part. As I was looking at the Bitwave/Odysee skin code that Dispatch committed to Github, I noticed something odd. Just three hours after Odysee tweeted up there about how their new livestreaming solution was coming soon....
Bitwave removed the warrant canary from its "About Us" page. A warrant canary is designed to alert users when a site has received subpoenas/warrants for user information.
Here's what the home page used to look like back in February (left), and here's what it looks like now (right). web.archive.org/web/2021021912…
Looks like folks wanting an "uncensorable", "liberty-minded" solution for their livestreaming might be getting more than they bargained for. 🤷♀️
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