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Isn't the obvious missing technical component cryptographic hashes? A hash can represent any resource. IPFS, or something like it, is the missing component fo
by Zamicol 7y ago
Isn't the obvious missing technical component cryptographic hashes?
A hash can represent any resource.
IPFS, or something like it, is the missing component for long term retrieval.
EDIT: or something like https://github.com/google/trillian https://github.com/google/trillian
- wcarron 7y agoUgh. I thought blockchain hype was dead by now. Additionally, no it's not. If zero nodes rehost and serve the content, it's not available.
- dsypa 7y agoA key-value store has nothing to do with blockchain.
- wcarron 7y agoFileCoin is a blockchain and is the incentivization layer on top of IPFS that allows users to rent hard drive space. It is intrinsically connected with IPFS.
- SamPatt 7y agoThe parent comment is still accurate. IPFS isn't a blockchain and shouldn't be dismissed for this use case, which is more or less what it was designed for. Filecoin is just for incentives, but IPFS has been running for years without it.
- Zamicol 7y agoI had no intention of bring up "blockchain", only that cryptographic hashes must play an important part of any archival scheme intended to last generations. Otherwise you must trust that an archiver hasn't changed history. Why trust when you can verify?
- saagarjha 7y agoSomeone needs to keep around your content, too. A hash means nothing if I can't find the object that corresponds to it.