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Can someone briefly describe how decentralization is achieved in archive.org?
by foo101 9y ago
Can someone briefly describe how decentralization is achieved in archive.org?
- paulhilbert 9y agoAs far as I can tell the storage is quite centralized. At least I remember them allegedly moving all their porcelain to Canada when that elephant entered the room...
- psittacus 9y agoNot moving, but copying. Here's the source: https://blog.archive.org/2016/11/29/help-us-keep-the-archive-free-accessible-and-private/ https://blog.archive.org/2016/11/29/help-us-keep-the-archive...
- pseud0r 9y agoIt's not.
- stevemclaugh 9y agoMost items on Archive.org have torrent files, so there's some degree of (potential) decentralization. They run their own tracker, but in principle the torrents could live on via DHT. Most are poorly seeded, however. They also have multiple backups in other locations.