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Long and short of it: Its an IPFS clone by a private entity, with a blockchain for a DNS like namespace. And its monetized, and seemingly badly. Large chunks
by kefka 10y ago
Long and short of it:
Its an IPFS clone by a private entity, with a blockchain for a DNS like namespace. And its monetized, and seemingly badly.
Large chunks of the core code just aren't completes. No GUI. Low amount of users although spamming to tech sites is trying to change that.
Tl;Dr. Stay away. Stick with IPFS. Its on its way of being an IETF standard in my opinion.
Edit: I guess the 2 people from lbry.io found this comment. 2 immediate downvotes without comment. Would much prefer a dialogue if the above is factually incorrect... There seems to be a lot of people floundering in here trying to make heads or tails of this stuff.
- kauffj 10y agoNo downvotes from me, but there is a GUI: https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-app https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-app
- kefka 10y agoAh, that must be something new. Because when I read all the available documentation, I only found command-line manual JSON queries available. I stand corrected on the GUI side of things.