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The only content saved and hosted from your node is content that you have requested yourself. In that regard it is no different from BitTorrent. Any content you
by dylankpowers 12y ago
The only content saved and hosted from your node is content that you have requested yourself. In that regard it is no different from BitTorrent. Any content you request is purged from your node over time unless you have explicitly pinned it to keep around forever. So as long as you stay away from the seedier regions of the web, you will be safe.
- api 12y agoAlso solves the problem of not wanting to donate your CPU, bandwidth, or storage to things like kidporn. That's a serious issue with things like Freenet, where you have no choice about what you cache/host.
- minthd 12y ago> Any content you request is purged from your node over time unless Won't this mean that rarely used files aren't really permanent ,which is a known problem with bittorent ?
- dylankpowers 12y agoYes that's true. Files are only guaranteed to be available indefinitely if someone has decided the file to be noteworthy enough to pin and their system is online. Ideally, systems like http://filecoin.io/ http://filecoin.io/ will be built upon ipfs to enable those that care enough about their files to obtain distribution through paying a little money to incentivize others to host their files.