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Is this like a parody of the Dropbox thing? Web3 is beyond the hill of magic vs technology for me currently, it's on the tolearn list. Is that actually the alt

by corobo 5y ago

Is this like a parody of the Dropbox thing? Web3 is beyond the hill of magic vs technology for me currently, it's on the tolearn list. Is that actually the alternative to YouTube?

Cthulhu_ 5y ago
It's an alternative to centralized video hosting, I wouldn't go as far as call it an alternative to youtube because it's the video platform you go to if you want the exposure, accessibility, and possibly monetization. That said, there's other (centralized) video hosting solutions you can go to if you're less technically inclined. Vimeo is a popular choice.
- corobo 5y ago
  I didn't know Vimeo was web3 already. Very progressive :P It's the web3 part that's not on my radar yet, honestly I'm happy with YouTube as-is until someone figures out discoverability
reginold 5y ago
https://www.pinata.cloud/ https://www.pinata.cloud/ this could be a place to start! makes it easy to upload content and host it on IPFS.
- corobo 5y ago
  If it's hosted with IPFS what are these folks charging for? Service wise ofc happy to pay for anything that makes my life easier but they appear to be charging by the storage?
  - reginold 5y ago
    I'm wondering that as well so dug into the site. IPFS is a way to host and distribute files. It's not free. To have files distributed they need to be hosted somewhere. You can do this yourself by hosting an IPFS server at home or in the cloud. On IPFS this is called a "pin". Pinata host and serves your files to pin them on IPFS. That's why their list of services is that of a cloud provider. From their pricing/plans page (https://www.pinata.cloud/pricing https://www.pinata.cloud/pricing) Fast Global CDN 100GB bandwidth included per month Additional bandwidth at $0.05/gb Unlimited storage at $0.15/gb Here's a blog article that covers Pinata's primary use case - web3 hosting for NFTs https://medium.com/pinata/the-file-requirements-for-nfts-a20ea3ac524b https://medium.com/pinata/the-file-requirements-for-nfts-a20...

by corobo 5y ago

Is this like a parody of the Dropbox thing? Web3 is beyond the hill of magic vs technology for me currently, it's on the tolearn list. Is that actually the alternative to YouTube?

Cthulhu_ 5y ago

It's an alternative to centralized video hosting, I wouldn't go as far as call it an alternative to youtube because it's the video platform you go to if you want the exposure, accessibility, and possibly monetization. That said, there's other (centralized) video hosting solutions you can go to if you're less technically inclined. Vimeo is a popular choice.

corobo 5y ago
I didn't know Vimeo was web3 already. Very progressive :P It's the web3 part that's not on my radar yet, honestly I'm happy with YouTube as-is until someone figures out discoverability

reginold 5y ago

https://www.pinata.cloud/ https://www.pinata.cloud/ this could be a place to start! makes it easy to upload content and host it on IPFS.

corobo 5y ago
If it's hosted with IPFS what are these folks charging for? Service wise ofc happy to pay for anything that makes my life easier but they appear to be charging by the storage?
- reginold 5y ago
  I'm wondering that as well so dug into the site. IPFS is a way to host and distribute files. It's not free. To have files distributed they need to be hosted somewhere. You can do this yourself by hosting an IPFS server at home or in the cloud. On IPFS this is called a "pin". Pinata host and serves your files to pin them on IPFS. That's why their list of services is that of a cloud provider. From their pricing/plans page (https://www.pinata.cloud/pricing https://www.pinata.cloud/pricing) Fast Global CDN 100GB bandwidth included per month Additional bandwidth at $0.05/gb Unlimited storage at $0.15/gb Here's a blog article that covers Pinata's primary use case - web3 hosting for NFTs https://medium.com/pinata/the-file-requirements-for-nfts-a20ea3ac524b https://medium.com/pinata/the-file-requirements-for-nfts-a20...