got 2 invites to give away. next 2 replies to this comment will get the invites (fifo). good luck! make sure your email is in your HN profile.
Can I have the other? Username @ gmail
Introducing the Keybase filesystem
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#303Y'all got any more of them invites?
If anyone has still an invitation for me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
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#304About 4 years ago I was involved with a commercial software project attempting to do exactly this. What we built worked but it wasn't positioned in a way that interested our target audience (Enterprise customers). First, bravo for making it happen in a way that is getting people excited. Second, I sincerely wish you the best luck in getting people to pay for it in a way that is sustainable for a business. We built a…
I don't think Keybase is glossing over security at all.
First of all, you don't have to use the browser app at all. I personally don't trust Javascript crypto and hence don't do anything in the web app.
They're also acutely aware of the dangers of centralization and all the Keybase crypto is based on minimal trust. Check the documentation: https://keybase.io/docs/server_security
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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…
Which makes it pretty much boring from my perspective. Give me The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) -> https://ipfs.io/
I love the ideas behind IPFS, but it isn't even trying to solve the same problems as KeyBase, so comparing them like this is very silly. Users may be able to benefit from both in different ways, or even use parts of the two together in the future.
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I too am very interested in if they are currently supporting Windows and/or if/when they plan to. I was hoping this blog post would have at least mentioned it in passing.
We are testing a build for Windows that uses Dokan. Early results have been very positive. It's an important feature of KBFS that it can run on Windows.
Hi Chris, the very first versions of Boxcryptor for Windows some years ago also used Dokan. Our experiences have been really bad and as the user base grew so did the number BSOD reports caused by Dokan (v0.6 back then). We are now using the commercial driver CBFS since 3+ years and are really happy with it. Hint: As development at Dokan has picked up again with Dokany, I don't know anything about its current stability.
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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
Asking for an invite as well. Email in my profile. Thank you John, or whoever has any invites left!
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#310Y'all got any more of them invites?
Has anyone got any invitations please? My email is in my profile.