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That is not how Filecoin and Arweave works. I'm talking about like thousands of users distributing content for free because they like the content and they alloc
by encryptluks2 4y ago
That is not how Filecoin and Arweave works. I'm talking about like thousands of users distributing content for free because they like the content and they allocate a percentage of their devices storage to do so.. and no not pinning it, because IPFS doesn't auto distribute a portion based on allocation ratios.
Filecoin and Arweave is nothing more than riskier data storage and usually more expensive that what you'd get with B2 or R2 with like one or two copies at most.
- chrisco255 4y agoIPFS is just a routing protocol, it is not a storage protocol itself. Pinning just lets other nodes know that you're hosting a particular file. Anyone can operate a Filecoin or Arweave node. They are compensated for allocating harddrive space on those nodes with FIL or AR tokens. AR has the unique feature of 200 year storage, so it is certainly more expensive than B2. But currently you can store a substantial amount of data on Filecoin for free: https://nft.storage/ https://nft.storage/ (this is temporary promotional storage, but still, the pricing is competitive). They are stored on multiple nodes when you pay the fee. But of course, these services have a different purpose altogether than traditional cloud based infrastructure. They are designed to act as a censorship-resistant and long term archive. They don't have the low latency of CDNs or what have you. That's generally ok, because you will typically use FIL or AR as your archive layer and also publish the data to a cloud provider for hot storage access. It makes sense to use IPFS, then, so it can link all these sources together for the same content.