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People don’t want to run IPFS nodes bc there’s no incentive to. Imo that’s better than it being married to crypto. IPFS has its uses.
by dartos 3y ago
People don’t want to run IPFS nodes bc there’s no incentive to.
Imo that’s better than it being married to crypto. IPFS has its uses.
- wmf 3y agoThere should be a lean and mean libipfs that just downloads from IPFS without "running a node".
- davidmurdoch 3y agoThat's part of what filecoin has been trying to solve.
- dartos 3y agoYeah filecoin is a cool project. I like that they’re picky about who to let in their network… at least they were last I checked.
- notatoad 3y agofilecoin has been trying to solve the problem of not wanting to be married to crypto?
- davidmurdoch 3y agoSorry, I don't understand your question.
- pests 3y ago> don’t want to run IPFS nodes
- j_maffe 3y agoIt solves the lack of incentive issue.
- humanizersequel 3y agoAre there actual perverse incentives that come with "it being married to crypto" — keep in mind that there are demonstrable positive incentives — or is it just aesthetic distaste?
- dartos 3y agoIn order to interact with crypto in a meaningful way, you need to buy into it. Literally. You need to buy crypto (at least someone has to) It’s exclusionary and insidiously viral by nature. Without being tied to crypto, the barrier for entry and usage is lower. On top of avoiding all the politics around crypto.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoThere is a demonstrable disincentive in that approximately everything related to crypto is a scam, so by being married to crypto they demonstrate at least a lack of good judgement.