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IPFS isn't decentralized cloud storage though. Unless you host your file yourself on your IPFS node, your file is not guaranteed to be available. Hence why File

IPFS isn't decentralized cloud storage though. Unless you host your file yourself on your IPFS node, your file is not guaranteed to be available. Hence why Filecoin is a thing they are working on.

rolltiide 7y ago
yes, pinning IPFS files is good enough FOR ME. there are also services and nodes which will maintain pins for you, and the capacity for decentralized encrypted shards is fine. There may be circumstances where I want the piece of mind to pay multiple nodes to store/retrieve encrypted shards of data. SIA nor STORJ seem to be it.
- carlosdp 7y ago
  What you're now describing is a centralized system though, albeit an unnecessarily convoluted one.
  - rolltiide 7y ago
    which exists now and is free and more decentralized and private than fairly cheap alternatives