ipfs might be a hosting solution, but that's a small part of the challenge. You also have to source the data. I recently used some online periodical archive ac

ipfs might be a hosting solution, but that's a small part of the challenge. You also have to source the data. I recently used some online periodical archive access from my local library to find sources about 1940s musicians protesting recorded music...couldn't find anything. Then I tried IA, and boom, they've got it[0] — someone had to source and scan all these. I recently wanted to revisit some 1980s-era computer games from when I was a kid. Internet Archive. How'd they get there? Someone there pulled them from 5.25" floppies. A few weeks ago, I remembered 3-2-1 Contact magazine, which I enjoyed as a kid. No problem: IA has source and scanned them. I could store all the DOS games in the world on my hard drive without noticing the space usage at all, but step one is acquiring copies of them. When it comes to the long tail of obscure 1940s periodicals or 1980s advertisements[0]. [0] https://twitter.com/lkbm/status/1608480435691995137 https://twitter.com/lkbm/status/1608480435691995137 [1] https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/1643781181568327681 https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/1643781181568327681