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IPFS seems like a really good solution. I've read other posts on here on how it's difficult to setup websites on IPFS, but just straight up media (images and vi
by djsumdog 7y ago
IPFS seems like a really good solution. I've read other posts on here on how it's difficult to setup websites on IPFS, but just straight up media (images and video) seem like a perfect use case.
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- shantly 7y agoPractical IPFS image hosting looks an awful lot like image hosting without IPFS. Most of your traffic's gonna be through gateways, not over IPFS proper. You've still gotta have always-on servers pinning (storing) everything for reliability. There also doesn't seem to be a good way to make mobile devices—most of the clients out there—useful parts of the distributed network.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoHN throws IPFS around a lot as if it's free storage + free bandwidth. But as you point out, you still must run an origin server. At which point it's just a slower, crappier CDN where you stand up your other CDN nodes yourself. Your content doesn't just magically spread to random nodes once you broadcast it.