dylankpowers

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1. 1.▲
   by dylankpowers 12y ago

   Yes 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/ will be built
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   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
3. 3.▲
   by dylankpowers 12y ago

   Hi! If you haven't already found it, a good way to start is to lurk around the IRC #ipfs channel on freenode (logs: https://botbot.me/freenode/ipfs/ ). If you have any skills in Golang go ahead and check out t