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Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Post by rburhum »

> Business Model?

> We're a long way off from worrying about this, but we'll > never run an ad-supported business again. And Keybase will > never sell data. > [....] > But, as stated above, there is currently no pay model, and we're not trying to make money. > We're testing a product right now, and we'd like to bring public keys to the masses.

I know a lot of people will see this as a pro, but honestly I see it as a huge negative. Raising capital doesn't mean that you "are not trying to make money". If you are not trying to make money, then you can't call it a "product".

Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Post by CGamesPlay »

hobarrera wrote: post #143
simonjgreen wrote: post #22

Plenty of invites over here if anyone would like one https://keybase.io/simonjgreen EDIT: all gone for now, but see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11037629 for more

Four more invites here. hugo@barrera.io. CHeers.

Sent an email; would love an invite!

Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Post by CGamesPlay »

chrishawes wrote: post #101
simonjgreen wrote: post #22

Plenty of invites over here if anyone would like one https://keybase.io/simonjgreen EDIT: all gone for now, but see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11037629 for more

I've got five invites, see my profile for email.

I guessed at your email, but would love an invite. Thanks!

Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Post by gcr »

volaski wrote: post #135
lisper wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is DropBox with secure digital signatures and end-to-end encryption integrated into it in a easily accessible way.

what confused me was how they say they are not a sync service. I am still confused.

In my interpretation, the sentence about "there is no sync model" only means "files are only downloaded to the client device when the client attempts to open() or read() them". I guess means that files will not take any disk space on your device.

In my interpretation, files are stored on keybase servers.

Is that correct? I agree that the "sync" sentence in the article is confusing and maybe a bit misleading.

Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Post by volaski »

aftbit wrote: post #159
volaski wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what confused me was how they say they are not a sync service. I am still confused.

Dropbox synchronizes files between your computer and their servers. Keybase stores the files on their servers and only downloads/uploads them "on demand". Think of your web browser accessing gmail.com versus running something like Thunderbird that downloads your mail locally. As a benefit, it's much simpler to implement - you don't need to work as hard to handle conflicts where two people made incompatible changes wh…

so if i understand correctly, the model is more like the old megaupload/rapidshare/etc.....so what's new? Is it that they provide multiple ways of sharing tied to social media, compared to public/private/password protected mode of sharing for those aforementioned services?

Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Post by a_bonobo »

joefkelley wrote: post #70

This is really cool, but I'm not clear on how to actually install it. Or is it only available to a limited set of users? I see there's a "keybase fuse" command that might be related, but there's no docs for how to use it.

You have to join, since they're still in alpha they let you wait - I just signed up and I'm user "#19177 in the alpha queue"

Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Post by peternicky »

rdl wrote: post #2

I'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.

Can you spare an invite please?
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