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The problem is that it requires installing third-party software to function (the IPFS client) or putting load on some IPFS gateway.
by tscs37 10y ago
The problem is that it requires installing third-party software to function (the IPFS client) or putting load on some IPFS gateway.
- diggan 10y agoNot necessary. Either Wikipedia can help out with hosting their own gateways in addition to the ones running on ipfs.io, OR they can include a js-ipfs node in the browser.
- tscs37 10y ago>Wikipedia can help out with hosting their own gateways Which kinda defeats the point of saving bandwidth on their side. >js-ipfs node That could work, though I was under the impressino that the js-ipfs implementation was WIP/Experimental (last I checked)
- diggan 10y ago> Which kinda defeats the point of saving bandwidth on their side. Traffic doesn't only need to be served by Wikipedia but could also include other volunteers (think archive.org and others) and the setup for helping out would be easy. > That could work, though I was under the impressino that the js-ipfs implementation was WIP/Experimental (last I checked) That is absolutely true, which WikipediaP2P is as well, and IPFS for that matter. I was simply pointing out some ways you can make the whole "Wikipedia on IPFS" thing to work in the future.
- pmlnr 10y agoThe original idea requires a 3rd party addon and Chrome. How is this different?
- tscs37 10y agoWikipedia on IPFS as an addon would also require operating a node to fulfill the goal of the original project, namely to save bandwidth for Wikipedia. Simply pointing it at gateway.ipfs.io would achieve nothing but shift the problem around.