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Really surprised IPFS hasn't been mentioned yet. Though, it will eventually implement a cryptocurrency to help solve the hosting issue (think Storj or Sia but f

Really surprised IPFS hasn't been mentioned yet. Though, it will eventually implement a cryptocurrency to help solve the hosting issue (think Storj or Sia but for websites). But, to be brutally honest, I doubt the backbone of our internet will change at all until we have a serious, blatant cyber war wherein the vulnerable aspects of our HTTP-based internet is taken advantage of.

ashark 9y ago
Peer-to-peer solutions, including IPFS for file storage/serving and various solutions proposed here for decentralized messaging, are no good for battery-powered devices, like cell phones. I don't want mine to burn battery maintaining P2P connections 24/7, or burn battery and my time re-establishing or confirming cached connections every time I wake it up. That puts us back to having a gateway or proxy, so... a server.
- prophesi 9y ago
  On the other hand, a peer-to-peer solution would mean a better chance at connectivity when you're out in the field with your battery-powered device that's already consuming power to maintain what little connectivity it can get with the nearest cell tower.
- lucastx 9y ago
  Also no good for data capped connections
- syrrim 9y ago
  Content on a p2p network would have built in guranteed of immutability. This would ensure that you wouldn't need to redownload the same content over and over, nor even check to see if you need to redownload it. If the GPs suggestion is followed, the resulting network could allow you to download content from a server just as you do now, so long as you pay the server to download from it. The advantage is that this server needn't be the original host.
jiaweihli 9y ago
There's a coin for that: https://www.shiftnrg.org https://www.shiftnrg.org
siavosh 9y ago
Yeah thought of this proof of concept they've built using ipfs: https://peerpad.net/#/ https://peerpad.net/#/

ashark 9y ago

Peer-to-peer solutions, including IPFS for file storage/serving and various solutions proposed here for decentralized messaging, are no good for battery-powered devices, like cell phones. I don't want mine to burn battery maintaining P2P connections 24/7, or burn battery and my time re-establishing or confirming cached connections every time I wake it up. That puts us back to having a gateway or proxy, so... a server.

prophesi 9y ago
On the other hand, a peer-to-peer solution would mean a better chance at connectivity when you're out in the field with your battery-powered device that's already consuming power to maintain what little connectivity it can get with the nearest cell tower.
lucastx 9y ago
Also no good for data capped connections
syrrim 9y ago
Content on a p2p network would have built in guranteed of immutability. This would ensure that you wouldn't need to redownload the same content over and over, nor even check to see if you need to redownload it. If the GPs suggestion is followed, the resulting network could allow you to download content from a server just as you do now, so long as you pay the server to download from it. The advantage is that this server needn't be the original host.

jiaweihli 9y ago

There's a coin for that: https://www.shiftnrg.org https://www.shiftnrg.org

siavosh 9y ago

Yeah thought of this proof of concept they've built using ipfs: https://peerpad.net/#/ https://peerpad.net/#/