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At this moment, it is enough to use Google DNS or some VPN to reach Wikipedia in Turkey. This is good case, but IPFS is just an overkill.
by forvelin 9y ago
At this moment, it is enough to use Google DNS or some VPN to reach Wikipedia in Turkey. This is good case, but IPFS is just an overkill.
- alwillis 9y ago>This is good case, but IPFS is just an overkill. Perhaps but it also seems to be a test. IPFS allows the Turkish version of Wikipedia to be available even if there’s no access to the internet backbone. That’s a game-changer for residents of repressive regimes; they just need a snapshot of the content they care about and distribute it via ad hoc networks and even sneaker net, making it nearly impossible for the government to stop. That’s a big deal.
- alwillis 9y agoLets not forget that after Trump was inaugurated, lots of data regarding climate change started to be removed from government controlled websites. As we know, lots of scientists backed up lots of that data; IPFS would have been a great way to backup and distribute the data.
- Kubuxu 9y agoAs far as I know there are people that are interested in putting this data on IPFS, it didn't happen yet as right now the focus is to rescue, save and archive this data. Redistributing it comes after it is safe and sound.
- dredmorbius 9y agoThe bottleneck wasn't accessing the data once it had been archived, but archiving it in the first place. Both source and capture bandwidth are finite resources. Several people with considerable infrastructure (a friend in Finland working at a major network provider is among the archivists) were supporting the effort. The limit is how quickly they can peel data off the source. A few station wagons (or SUVs) full of SATA or Blu-RAY drives might be even more useful.