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Ugh. 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 ago
  A key-value store has nothing to do with blockchain.
  • wcarron 7y ago
    FileCoin 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 ago
      The 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 ago
  I 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?
  • inimino 7y ago
    Where is someone generations hence going to get the hash from?
    • sjy 7y ago
      From the link they clicked on. The article is about link rot, not search.