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Someone has to have replicated the file though, else it can be lost. Yeah, you still have the hash, but if no one is left that stored the file, what are you gon
by Asdfbla 9y ago
Someone has to have replicated the file though, else it can be lost. Yeah, you still have the hash, but if no one is left that stored the file, what are you gonna do - brute-force search for a preimage of the hash to get your content?
As long as IPFS requires replication to be voluntary on the side of the nodes, the argument of the parent holds.
- alwillis 9y agoDid you miss the part regarding Filecoin monetization? If I have content I care about, I can pay to have it hosted by other IPFS nodes. They certainly have the funding to create a storage market that can rival what passes for distributed storage: https://www.coindesk.com/257-million-filecoin-breaks-time-record-ico-funding/ https://www.coindesk.com/257-million-filecoin-breaks-time-re...
- macawfish 9y agoThat's the same thing we've got now, except that going through the process of "replicating the file" usually means either paying an a hosting company and learning how to maintain a server or signing your control and rights over to a company like Facebook. There's nothing preventing anyone from going through these same measures with IPFS or dat. It's just that you don't have to in order to get started hosting something.