Post AXeBVIBh1DgsfYOTqq by falsifian@mastodon.sdf.org
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 (DIR) Post #AXeBSrB6T6UuJzxNT6 by shipp@mastodon.coffee
       2023-07-12T22:29:53Z
       
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       @solene gross, crypto garbage
       
 (DIR) Post #AXeBSrwbcUUkhKBJVg by tomodachi94@floss.social
       2023-07-12T23:14:53Z
       
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       @shipp @solene I'll bite: IPFS isn't crypto.Some crypto-bros use it for 'NFTs' because of the 'CID' feature, which ensures that content cannot be changed without changing the CID, ensuring that the NFT's content stays the same. It also removes a central point of failure by not tying a NFT to a specific URL on a server that could fail: This has numerous non-crypto applications.I highly recommend reading about how IPFS works; I find the details quite a bit fascinating: https://ipfs.tech/#how
       
 (DIR) Post #AXeBStwgBBk4u8EOu0 by tomodachi94@floss.social
       2023-07-12T23:15:22Z
       
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       @shipp @solene I used IPFS for archiving a mirror of a dead FTP server, if you want an example of it not being used for crypto: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafybeihzzax2dxnsra47utc72rhslrlemuaww5t5tmln2odfkux36xa5xy/There's also the above GitHub link which, again, is using IPFS without crypto.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXeBVHOPyQH8CjL82y by shipp@mastodon.coffee
       2023-07-12T23:22:59Z
       
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       @tomodachi94 it still needs to be paid for though, which it does through their crypto, filecoin
       
 (DIR) Post #AXeBVIBh1DgsfYOTqq by falsifian@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-07-13T00:52:11Z
       
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       @shipp @tomodachi94 Isn't filecoin a separate project built on IPFS? I haven't used IPFS specifically, but my experience with P2P file sharing protocols is that they work just fine without money trading hands. (In fact, most of my experience with them is from before Bitcoin existed, so it's jarring to see them lumped in with cryptocurrencies.)Someone is anyway already paying to host nix packages over (I assume) https; surely they could also pay to pin the files on IPFS.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXeBVK0mEm9CKHIn7A by falsifian@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-07-13T00:53:27Z
       
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       @shipp @tomodachi94 (And by paying to pin, I mean paying the hosting costs of a server pinning the files.)
       
 (DIR) Post #AXeBW9pvYMMl3gcrQG by iiogama@social.sdf.org
       2023-07-13T02:28:06Z
       
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       @shipp @solene I didn’t realize IPFS was considered crypto garbage. Isn’t it just peer-to-peer, not using blockchain tech?  I considered it closer to bittorrents