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Read through this and it's super interesting, but am I missing something or do they still need a series of storage nodes that can hold a copy of all the data an
by dbetteridge 6y ago
Read through this and it's super interesting, but am I missing something or do they still need a series of storage nodes that can hold a copy of all the data anyway to allow for the pinning to work?
Similar to torrents with no-one seeding, if there isn't an active set of users to 're-seed' the data, you need a copy to do so yourself, similar to a seed-box.
- typingmonkey 6y agoYes, indeed an impressive project. I think we should not use the termination "stored at IPFS" like they do. Distributed via IPFS would be much more correct in a technical sense.
- ajhurliman 6y agoI'm guessing they'll start using File Coin for storage as soon as it's ready, but yeah I think you're correct.
- viraptor 6y agoIf you look at the diagram mid-page, there's a group of storage nodes. It's also described in the how it works section.