> a name-addressable system is actually a superset of content-addressable systems as you can always use the hash of the content as the name itself It's a super

> a name-addressable system is actually a superset of content-addressable systems as you can always use the hash of the content as the name itself It's a superset in that sense but not a superset in another sense. In a content-addressable system, if I post a link to another piece of content by hash, then no one can ever substitute a different piece of content. Like, if I reference the hash of a news article, no one can edit that article after the fact without being detected. This is a super-useful feature of CAS that is not a feature of NAS. Other implications: * I can review a piece of software, deem that it's not malware in my opinion, and link to the software by hash. No one can substitute a piece of malware without detection. * Suppose you get a link from a trusted source. Now you can download a copy of the underlying content from any untrusted source, without a care about authentication or trusted identities. This describes BitTorrent.