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That was supposed to be solved by FileCoin, i.e. financial incentives to keep content alive.
by riobard 5y ago
That was supposed to be solved by FileCoin, i.e. financial incentives to keep content alive.
- xur17 5y agoYeah, I've been pretty disappointed by what they actually shipped. The concept (decentralized, financially incentivized storage) is really neat, and there would be a demand for it, but every time I've tried to use it, it's been incredibly difficult. Ran into similar problems with Sia. Example: I'd love to use one of these projects as an additional backup layer for my NAS, but the technical complexity necessary to set it all up makes it.. feel very fragile. Definitely not set and forget. My hope is that in 10 years something cool comes out of one of these projects, but we're definitely not there yet.
- TheOtherWW 5y agoFilebase offers an abstraction layer to Sia, Storj and other decentralized networks. It's S3 compatible as well, so it plugs right into most NAS setups including Synology Hyper Backup and QNAP. [1] https://filebase.com https://filebase.com
- xur17 5y agoI like the concept, but the cypherpunk in me wishes I didn't have to go through a centralized party to accomplish it. To me this is just another competitor, and there's no reason to use this over something like Backblaze.