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I'm not sure if I follow. This is from Sia, so it might not be the case with IPFS + FileCoin, but the cost for finding a host is the same for everyone. The host
by prophesi 9y ago
I'm not sure if I follow. This is from Sia, so it might not be the case with IPFS + FileCoin, but the cost for finding a host is the same for everyone. The hosts themselves determine their own price, and they're given a rating determined by the amount of storage they have + uptime + bandwidth. Users can then choose who hosts their content by looking at their rating versus cost.
Currently, without monetization in place, popular content is easy to host while unpopular content is not. Monetization levels the playing field.
- zaarn 9y agoOn IPFS popular content is cached, a website like youtube will most likely not have to pay hosting for any parts of it's website or popular videos if they were to run on IPFS. Content that is not popular enough to remain in the IPFS caches will require filecoin or some other form of paid hosting to keep it around, thusly increased cost.
- prophesi 9y agoAh, that makes sense. Yeah, popular sites could probably get away with having no hosts, except for their older posts + user-generated content.