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Can't Wikipedia decentralise its hosting? Plenty of people would be happy to donate a portion of their bandwidth and storage (I'm thinking of something BitTorr
by LaundroMat 9y ago
Can't Wikipedia decentralise its hosting? Plenty of people would be happy to donate a portion of their bandwidth and storage (I'm thinking of something BitTorrent like). It would fit Wikipedia's purpose and lower costs significantly.
- ac29 9y agoHosting is a minor expense (about 3% of overall expenses) [0]. They spend nearly twice as much on "donations processing" expenses as they do on internet hosting. [0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/43/Wikimedia_Foundation_Audit_Report_-_FY15-16.pdf https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/4/43/Wikim...