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But then if you're using an IPFS gateway instead of hosting your own instance then the gateway could serve you different content, no?

• fwtf 5y ago
  Since you request data by a hash, and your software should verify the downloaded data has the same hash, no.
  • stavros 5y ago
    If you're using a gateway, you have to trust the gateway.
    • arlort 5y ago
      You could probably have a pretty light wrapper around the gateway which verifies the hash. It wouldn't be as easy as simply using a gateway but still much easier than hosting/implementing an IPFS node locally
      • stavros 5y ago
        Well, to use the node locally you just run a binary, it's not like there's much to it.
        • fastball 5y ago
          No, but getting at content can sometimes take a while if it's not very actively seeded, e.g. I've had to wait hours for images to load on IPFS.
          • stavros 5y ago
            Yes, definitely. Discovery with IPFS is abysmal.