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Sure can. What IPFS does, is looks at network topology to determine 'closeness' of nearby IPFS nodes. It then prefers 'closer' nodes, to speed up transactions
by kefka 10y ago
Sure can.
What IPFS does, is looks at network topology to determine 'closeness' of nearby IPFS nodes. It then prefers 'closer' nodes, to speed up transactions and requests.
For example, if we take Gangnam Style video, it spread to something like 100M views rapidly. With Youtube, that's 100M individual downloads. With IPFS, it would be 1 or 2 downloads per local network. And then those machines would provide the local network with the content, rather than hitting the 'net at large.
The only good way to do this, is to include all the adapters in the DHT to where all machines are. It also allows IPFS to seamlessly work across NATs and other junky applications of IPv4 (and egads, already seeing ipv6 nat).
- giancarlostoro 10y agoThat's neat, though I think in some cases, say Intellectual Property on your LAN, or other things, you may want those services ignored I would think? Sounds like setting up IPFS has to become a rather isolated process for some? Which I find kind of limiting if you're forced to go through hoops for something that could be opt-in / configurable at the very least?
- kefka 10y agoWell, all I can defend against that, is that it's still "Alpha Software". There's stuff that's very much not for private or secure networks. But for working with data that's intended to be open, it's wonderful.