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This is a nice use case for IPFS. People `ipfs pin` the images to satisfy their data lust, and instantly become part of the growing swarm of computers which ar
by poopsmithe 6y ago
This is a nice use case for IPFS.
People `ipfs pin` the images to satisfy their data lust, and instantly become part of the growing swarm of computers which are now serving the content to new visitors.
- throwaway8941 6y agoOr just put it on a tracker, like we've been doing for 20 years.
- nicolaslegland 6y agohttps://instant.io/#e371e76f57923f555c0585910420137cd615911a https://instant.io/#e371e76f57923f555c0585910420137cd615911a magnet:?xt=urn:btih:e371e76f57923f555c0585910420137cd615911a
- feross 6y agoThanks for sharing – 8 peers and downloaded in 30 seconds!
- yupyup54133 6y agoOr pin them on Skynet. Which is just a better implementation of IPFS.
- aspenmayer 6y agoAre there metrics that indicate this, or is it better in other ways also?
- Taek 6y agoThe big difference with Skynet is that you pay for professionals to pin the data on your behalf. It works better for unpopular files because you aren't relying on the uptime of people at home. It also works better for popular files because the professionals generally have great bandwidth and good peering. There are a bunch of other benefits as well, such as access to an api that allows skynet pages/apps to upload and download. For something like this you wouldn't use those endpoints but if you wanted to make say a decentralized blogger, you could use those endpoints to upload posts that users write.
- capableweb 6y ago> because you aren't relying on the uptime of people at home IPFS doesn't automatically spread whatever you put into your client, so you should never rely on others to randomly host your content for you. In fact, if you start a default IPFS node, add your content then turn it off again, no one is gonna have the content you added. Would have been interesting to hear a fair/impartial comparison between Skynet and IPFS but your misunderstanding of IPFS is now evident so maybe someone else can fill in the gaps?
- nicolaslegland 6y agohttps://siasky.net/JACbilLSW_T_yzeNlYlw_pIqh_hVEeEMvc9Vz_SBEEV8yg https://siasky.net/JACbilLSW_T_yzeNlYlw_pIqh_hVEeEMvc9Vz_SBE...
- dewey 6y agoThis is a nice use case for a regular and boring CDN, caching images and making them available without crashing a web server is a solved problem.
- tyrust 6y agoYou've described a solution that puts the cost/work on the provider. IPFS and BitTorrent shifts that to the consumers.
- fxtentacle 6y ago€50 per month for 50TB of traffic = 50 mio x 1MB file downloads. The costs are so low, that CDNs are practically free. Oh wait, CloudFlare IS free for such primitive use cases.
- tyrust 6y agoYou ignored the costs of labor. Not that it matters, my point stands. The cost exists and different solutions put it in different places.