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Two things: 1) I wonder why this wasn't written in a language that can compile to wasm, so it could be used on both native and js without reimplementing. 2) C

by nynx 5y ago

Two things: 1) I wonder why this wasn't written in a language that can compile to wasm, so it could be used on both native and js without reimplementing. 2) Can someone contrast hypercore and IPFS?

pfraze 5y ago
Hypercore distributes signed log-based structures addressed by pubkey. It embeds indexes in each log entry to make this perform well; for instance Hyperbee is a b-tree over a log. (See https://github.com/hypercore-protocol/p2p-indexing-and-search https://github.com/hypercore-protocol/p2p-indexing-and-searc... for how that works.) IPFS distributes content-addressed blobs which interlink to form DAGs. Mutability is supported by pubkey (or similar) pointers to recent hashes. I work with Hypercore. It’s often a matter of preference between them.
- skogard 5y ago
  I mentioned this in above thread, but I am thinking of ways to mash up Nebulus with Hypercore (Because the content addressable aspect has been unbundled from the networking aspect of IPFS, I think there will be some interesting ways to deliver IPFS over Hypercore). Will keep the hypercore community posted when I make some progress, and thank you for all your work with Hypercore. I use Hypercore for several of my projects.
  - Taek 5y ago
    What's the performance like for hypercore? How long does it take for updates and new data to propagate the network? What type of throughput do you get for uploads and downloads?
skogard 5y ago
> 1) I wonder why this wasn't written in a language that can compile to wasm, so it could be used on both native and js without reimplementing. The most straightforward answer is, I extracted this out of an existing project I've been working on: https://rarepress.org/ https://rarepress.org/ I had to build a system that makes use of IPFS without having to publish everything to the public network, and this was where the idea came from. But the "IPFS-Less IPFS" turned out to be much more powerful idea than I originally thought, so decided to turn it into its own open source project. That said, I think it shouldn't be difficult to implement this using Go at some point if this approach becomes popular. For now I wanted to keep the initiative minimal so I can move fast. > 2) Can someone contrast hypercore and IPFS? This is a great question in this context. Hypercore is more focused on the networking aspect, but IPFS is not just a networking protocol but also a way to represent files using immutable identifiers (content addressable file system). What I just did with Nebulus is unbundle the "file system" from the "network" so we can use IPFS in more flexible manner. Speaking of Hypercore, because Nebulus unbundles the network aspect of IPFS from the content addressable file system aspect, it is possible to use ANY network transport to replicate IPFS files, which includes Hypercore.

by nynx 5y ago

Two things: 1) I wonder why this wasn't written in a language that can compile to wasm, so it could be used on both native and js without reimplementing. 2) Can someone contrast hypercore and IPFS?

pfraze 5y ago

Hypercore distributes signed log-based structures addressed by pubkey. It embeds indexes in each log entry to make this perform well; for instance Hyperbee is a b-tree over a log. (See https://github.com/hypercore-protocol/p2p-indexing-and-search https://github.com/hypercore-protocol/p2p-indexing-and-searc... for how that works.) IPFS distributes content-addressed blobs which interlink to form DAGs. Mutability is supported by pubkey (or similar) pointers to recent hashes. I work with Hypercore. It’s often a matter of preference between them.

skogard 5y ago
I mentioned this in above thread, but I am thinking of ways to mash up Nebulus with Hypercore (Because the content addressable aspect has been unbundled from the networking aspect of IPFS, I think there will be some interesting ways to deliver IPFS over Hypercore). Will keep the hypercore community posted when I make some progress, and thank you for all your work with Hypercore. I use Hypercore for several of my projects.
- Taek 5y ago
  What's the performance like for hypercore? How long does it take for updates and new data to propagate the network? What type of throughput do you get for uploads and downloads?

skogard 5y ago

> 1) I wonder why this wasn't written in a language that can compile to wasm, so it could be used on both native and js without reimplementing. The most straightforward answer is, I extracted this out of an existing project I've been working on: https://rarepress.org/ https://rarepress.org/ I had to build a system that makes use of IPFS without having to publish everything to the public network, and this was where the idea came from. But the "IPFS-Less IPFS" turned out to be much more powerful idea than I originally thought, so decided to turn it into its own open source project. That said, I think it shouldn't be difficult to implement this using Go at some point if this approach becomes popular. For now I wanted to keep the initiative minimal so I can move fast. > 2) Can someone contrast hypercore and IPFS? This is a great question in this context. Hypercore is more focused on the networking aspect, but IPFS is not just a networking protocol but also a way to represent files using immutable identifiers (content addressable file system). What I just did with Nebulus is unbundle the "file system" from the "network" so we can use IPFS in more flexible manner. Speaking of Hypercore, because Nebulus unbundles the network aspect of IPFS from the content addressable file system aspect, it is possible to use ANY network transport to replicate IPFS files, which includes Hypercore.