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HTTP was invented in 1989. Netscape was founded in 1994. So, if you’re comfortable with either of those a starting point, 6 years is somewhere in the dot com
by garrickvanburen 5y ago
HTTP was invented in 1989.
Netscape was founded in 1994.
So, if you’re comfortable with either of those a starting point, 6 years is somewhere in the dot com boom.
- SwimSwimHungry 5y agoI'd argue the WWW was instantly useful, even during its halcyon days. IPFS on the other hand is a horrible "jack of all trades" that has mediocre performance even in the best of times, and it hasn't really gotten any better since it first launched 6 years ago. And that's not even bringing up the cryptocurrency cohort souring the project with its stench. I don't object to the existence of IPFS, rather I prefer more efficient and focused projects instead. Someone in the comment threads mentioned Solid, which sounds like a decent decentralized information protocol or system of sorts. And for those that want censorship resistance... who can forget Freenet? That project has been around since 2000 and seems to do a pretty bang up job, even if the performance is not much better.