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But isn't it like a torrent? where if more people are viewing the item, it can be served faster from more places, like torrent seeders?
by gitgud 8y ago
But isn't it like a torrent? where if more people are viewing the item, it can be served faster from more places, like torrent seeders?
- agentofuser 8y agoYes, definitely. I mean, you certainly get better bandwidth and latency depending on popularity and geographic diversity of seeders, and there are even youtube-alternative websites that host videos on IPFS. But for something like browsing from one page to the next, where the payload is small and you want <200ms latency, I think just the DHT lookup might already put you above that budget. I'm guessing though, haven't made any measurements.
- mtgx 8y agoWho gets <200ms latency anymore when Google analytics and FB pixel tracking scripts take more than that each and most websites have them?
- icebraining 8y agoThose scripts are loaded asynchronously; you can start seeing content before they are ready.
- geoah 8y agoIn torrent when you download something you also announce yourself as a seeder. In ipfs afaik you have to explicitly pin something in order for your peer to be announced as a provider. This means that even if your content in ipfs is popular it won’t be fast.
- progval 8y agoNo, everyone with the item is a seeder in ipfs. Pinning means the node won't delete it.