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Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Post by taylorhou »

jgrahamc wrote: post #3
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.

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. https://keybase.io/jgrahamc

i'm 8 hours behind but would love an alpha invite! =) my username at gmail

Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Post by eridius »

kseistrup wrote: post #172
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

Do I need an invite for the kbfs part if I already have a keybase account?

No, you just need a version of the client that supports it. The publicly-available client doesn't support it on all platforms yet.

Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Post by zshev »

revorad wrote: post #109
jgrahamc wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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. https://keybase.io/jgrahamc

Hi John, mind sharing an invitation?

If there's any left, kind sir.

Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Post by oconnor663 »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #156
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.

They're calling it a "file system," whatever that means. Presumably it means you can create encrypted virtual disk partitions that represent network storage shared with various peers, and treat those partitions as if they were resident on local drives. Agreed that they need to work on the narrative a bit.

On Linux and OSX, Keybase will be a FUSE filesystem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace.

Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Post by didip »

jgrahamc wrote: post #3
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.

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. https://keybase.io/jgrahamc

Count me in as one of the people who are excited. If you don't mind, Can I also get an invite?
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