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Very interesting indeed. I can see an era where the bandwidth used is paid for by the end user (low cost). Data between seeds could also be chargeable but at
by CraigRood 9y ago
Very interesting indeed.
I can see an era where the bandwidth used is paid for by the end user (low cost).
Data between seeds could also be chargeable but at a lower level than the end user - allowing the node to 'seed' the content and collect the bandwidth.
This incentives the network to sustain itself and get rewarded for increasing availability.
ISPs and/or even access points like Cafes and Hotels can seed for themselves getting the bandwidth $$
My understanding is Eth blockchain could also allow part of the 'coins' be given back to content creators? though I also understand there may be scaling issues.
- jstanley 9y ago> My understanding is Eth blockchain could also allow part of the 'coins' be given back to content creators? I doubt it. How do you prove (to a smart contract) that you're the creator of the content and not just the first person to put the content on IPFS?
- albertgoeswoof 9y agoYou can have original creators do an out of band verification, e.g. by signing their hash. You would then need a community to vote / decide on the right hash. Given anyone can upload to IPFS, 99% of the data will be junk so you will always need an incentive based quality control system to categorise and curate content.