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Show HN: I built an unstoppable database for reporting police misconduct

• slater 6y ago
  "unstoppable", how?
  • bigiain 6y ago
    Presumably referring to it using IPFS - which means there's no central hosting for the cops to try and shut down... Looks like the http://dapp.policeaccountabilitynow.org http://dapp.policeaccountabilitynow.org domain and the bundle.js it's hosting could be targeted, but all the content for the (single) report comes from urls like https://damp-lingering-feather.kovan.quiknode.pro/b7169106fd1d071a8a96fd71df44b7315563d0cd/ https://damp-lingering-feather.kovan.quiknode.pro/b7169106fd... - which would presumably be available from any other public IPFS gateway (or directly from IPFS)
    • russdpale 6y ago
      I don't think anything is actually stored on IPFS is it? There must be a centralized server somewhere with the actual data. IPFS is just the file system, not the storage.
  • anonphenom 6y ago
    https://policeaccountabilitynow.org/docs/eth-access/ https://policeaccountabilitynow.org/docs/eth-access/
• russdpale 6y ago
  Where is the actual data kept? if IPFS is just the file system then where is the storage?
  • anonphenom 6y ago
    On the ethereum blockchain + anyone can replicate our pinset on IPFS by running the following: > ipfs-cluster-follow pan-backup-cluster init http://ipfs.policeaccountabilitynow.org:8080/ipfs/QmWR7Ko9pgZm1tRSGmBuL5Jvkpx6aPzifsYXWowBAkRAo9 http://ipfs.policeaccountabilitynow.org:8080/ipfs/QmWR7Ko9pg... Full docs: https://policeaccountabilitynow.org/docs/ipfs-access/ https://policeaccountabilitynow.org/docs/ipfs-access/
• tdeck 6y ago
  How will you prevent this from filling with spam? Are you manually approving submissions in some way?