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IPFS could be such an amazing thing for the academic world, imagine every new paper including an IPFS hash alongside the citations, so you could instantly jump
by ric2b 9y ago
IPFS could be such an amazing thing for the academic world, imagine every new paper including an IPFS hash alongside the citations, so you could instantly jump to them while reading the pdf. It would guarantee that you'd be seeing the same version that was cited and the link would never break as long as at least one person kept sharing it.
It would achieve the original goal of the world wide web as envisioned by Tim Berners-Lee, except even better.
- StavrosK 9y agoYes! I had exactly the same idea. I also love how anyone can reshare the file transparently, whereas with HTTP, if the original server doesn't have it any more, you have to manually hunt around for alternate links.