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Check out their whitepaper https://filecoin.io/filecoin.pdf https://filecoin.io/filecoin.pdf It includes two proofs, proof-of-replication and proof-of-spacetim
by pfista 9y ago
Check out their whitepaper https://filecoin.io/filecoin.pdf https://filecoin.io/filecoin.pdf
It includes two proofs, proof-of-replication and proof-of-spacetime which help prove someone is storing the file multiple times in independent locations.
- Canada 9y agoIt looks like some kind of zero knowledge proof. Why I can't just generate that and then discard your data?
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- lgierth 9y agoBecause you need to keep proving over time
- Canada 9y agoReading the paper I get the idea. Although it's possible to cheat, nodes have to put filecoins at risk of loss if they get caught.
- lgierth 9y agoSorry I forgot, here's another paper laying out the Proof-of-Replication and Proof-of-Spacetime: https://filecoin.io/proof-of-replication.pdf https://filecoin.io/proof-of-replication.pdf