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Why the torrents didn’t move to IPFS already? I think it looks more like DoA than standing the test of time. From my experience it’s a “heavy tech”/resource ho
by thefounder 3y ago
Why the torrents didn’t move to IPFS already? I think it looks more like DoA than standing the test of time.
From my experience it’s a “heavy tech”/resource hog hog that does not appeal neither to developers nor to end users(it has no killer app)
- timtom39 3y agoI would like to add that IPFS pretty much doesn't run on spinning rust or slow CPUs. A PI or other low end box can easily run torrents with an external harddrive. IPFS can't download large files at a reasonable speed on slow hardware.
- chpatrick 3y agoIsn't IPFS pretty much the same tech as torrents with magnet links? I'm not sure there's any benefit. I think the challenge with torrents is maintaining communities of seeders without getting taken down, but I don't think IPFS really helps with that.
- fsflover 3y agoAre they interoperable with torrents yet?
- rakoo 3y agoBecause torrents work, so they don't need to switch to IPFS.