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Thanks, I haven't heard of it before. I wonder if it's possible to use OrbitDB to download a file from IPFS though? Based on it's CID, I mean, because that was

by yoavm 2y ago

Thanks, I haven't heard of it before. I wonder if it's possible to use OrbitDB to download a file from IPFS though? Based on it's CID, I mean, because that was my intention with Helia. I thought that one of the nice thing about reading books is that it takes time, and if users could be seeding their files from IndexedDB to the network, they could automatically and effortlessly become "contributing citizens". Another interesting use case would be to see if this can replace (or be an addition to) SQLite as the database in which the queries are ran.

zwnow 2y ago
Seeding sounds like what's done by torrenting too no? How do you prevent people from distributing content they do not own?
- yoavm 2y ago
  Yes it is, and you're absolutely right with raising this concern. I was planning to make seeding (if I get it working at all) an opt-in feature, firstly to prevent excessive data usage on mobile connections.
  - zwnow 2y ago
    I see, nice project nonetheless! Hope it gets where you want it :-)