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You don't have to download an app to interact with augur: augur.casino

Built on top of IPFS

Cool! So why did the main team insist upon the app approach (what's the benefit?), and what's this site doing to get around it?

Decentralization. Anyone can run their own node of the software making it resistant to censorship, malicious control by the devs themselves or a third party.

Augur.casino runs their own node of Augur but runs it on IPFS, allowing others to connect to it.

Provides convenience if a user doesn't care about decentralization.

Just btw, I'm not affiliated with augur or augur.casino or any of these projects. I just find them interesting

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