I really thought BitTorrent would be the _de facto_ solution for data archiving at a planetary level. I thought dusty old computers would sync and store volumes

I really thought BitTorrent would be the _de facto_ solution for data archiving at a planetary level. I thought dusty old computers would sync and store volumes of data across generations. Recorded history would be safe; it could even be checksummed for its integrity if needed. Unfortunately, we are still relying on a couple of companies as the main custodians of our recorded history. This can't be good and we'll keep receiving sad news about content vanishing from the Internet from one day to the other.