Introducing the Keybase filesystem
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Introducing the Keybase filesystem
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#2I've been using this for a couple weeks. Along with Zcash, it is the most amazing crypto-engineering project I've seen in years.
Imagine being able to share files on an ad hoc basis with anyone -- on any network. Share with someone based on Twitter, on Facebook, or email address.
Even better, all with cryptographic proofs of identity, strong crypto at every level, and open source.
Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem
#3I've been using this for a couple weeks. Along with Zcash, it is the most amazing crypto-engineering project I've seen in years. Imagine being able to share files on an ad hoc basis with anyone -- on any network. Share with someone based on Twitter, on Facebook, or email address. Even better, all with cryptographic proofs of identity, strong crypto at every level, and open source.
Came here to say pretty much the same thing. It's slick and easy to use. It's actually the 'dropbox' I've always wanted and if they introduce a storage limit I'd pay.
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#4This is a pretty cool system! Sounds ideal for e.g. sharing passwords, API keys or other credentials.
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#5lemon_party.jpg is a nice touch.
Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem
#6I've been using this for a couple weeks. Along with Zcash, it is the most amazing crypto-engineering project I've seen in years. Imagine being able to share files on an ad hoc basis with anyone -- on any network. Share with someone based on Twitter, on Facebook, or email address. Even better, all with cryptographic proofs of identity, strong crypto at every level, and open source.
So IPFS with cryptography? Although, since Keybase still has a copy of the data, its closer to Dropbox with crypto.
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#7This is awesome. Never knew such a product was in works
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#8I would be really interested to see how they're making the filesystem cross platform if they're supporting Windows. I see in their 'hiring' page they mention FUSE which would give Linux and OS X support.
Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem
#9I've been using this for a couple weeks. Along with Zcash, it is the most amazing crypto-engineering project I've seen in years. Imagine being able to share files on an ad hoc basis with anyone -- on any network. Share with someone based on Twitter, on Facebook, or email address. Even better, all with cryptographic proofs of identity, strong crypto at every level, and open source.
So IPFS with cryptography? Although, since Keybase still has a copy of the data, its closer to Dropbox with crypto. https://ipfs.io
I don't think it's distributed in the IPFS fashion, right?
Which makes sense, of course, since Keybase is a funded startup that needs to capture value... and, well, centralized file sharing is a more straightforward solution, too.
The file system thing seems really cool and useful. I'm a fan of Keybase and will recommend this to people with whom I need to share sensitive data.
It'd be interesting to hear the Keybase people talk openly about how they see their role as both infrastructure providers for an open web of trust, and an economic entity that requires for its survival some degree of lock-in and centralization.
Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem
#10I've been using this for a couple weeks. Along with Zcash, it is the most amazing crypto-engineering project I've seen in years. Imagine being able to share files on an ad hoc basis with anyone -- on any network. Share with someone based on Twitter, on Facebook, or email address. Even better, all with cryptographic proofs of identity, strong crypto at every level, and open source.
Does it scale well?
I mean, if I want to do some Torrent like P2P stuff, I need to...
- gather public keys of all the people who want to download from me
- encrypt every chunk for every person separately