[HN Gopher] Show HN: Simple decentralized web hosting on Peergos
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       Show HN: Simple decentralized web hosting on Peergos
        
       Author : ianopolous
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2021-03-01 14:39 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | hanniabu wrote:
       | Anyone familiar with the differences/pros/cons of this vs IPFS?
        
         | ianopolous wrote:
         | This is built on IPFS. Almost all of the data is stored in
         | ipfs. All the data is stored in IPLD format. We encrypt all the
         | data, and hide as much metadata as we can (file names, file
         | sizes, directory topology, the social graph). For this web
         | hosting application we publish a read capability into the
         | website root directory, which is what the gateway reads.
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         | We have a fast implementation of mutable pointers (similar to
         | IPNS - we plan to back it up to actual IPNS) which is what
         | facilitates the instant updates.
        
           | astlouis44 wrote:
           | Very interesting. WebGL game dev here - could I host a
           | project or interactive world using this?
        
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