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Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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I have 8 invites if any other stragglers (6 hours after the story was posted) are still reading. I'm heading to bed but will send them during morning coffee, GMT -5. (please make sure your email is in your profile)

I'd love one if you still have any.

hn@cinigl.io

Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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post #82

About 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…

Does someone has an invite for me aswell? w.schaeuble at outlook dot de Thanks!

Sent an invite

Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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post #376

I have 9 invites and I do not particularly want to trawl through all of the existing comments to find people who may or may not have been invited since having posted their comments hours ago. So, reply to me here or email me (wanda {at} teknik.io) and I will send you an invite. First co-- actually, first noticed, first served.

I'd love an invite. bhbatha {at} gmail.com

Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

#405

I have 8 invites if any other stragglers (6 hours after the story was posted) are still reading. I'm heading to bed but will send them during morning coffee, GMT -5. (please make sure your email is in your profile)

I'd love one if you still have any. hn@cinigl.io

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Re: Introducing the Keybase filesystem

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post #98

On the page it says it is "open source Go". Does that mean that, at least theoretically, I (or another independent provider) could build this and run my own personal keybase server? If so, that would really excite me. The one thing that really keeps me away from most cloud storage and sync services is lockin. I just am not willing to be come super dependent on a service that is building their business around propriet…

Yes it's pretty straightforward. You can even do something much simpler if you want to self-host and just want a sort of encrypted dropbox for yourself. I recently did a little proof of concept hackathon entry (gopher gala) for a very similar idea which works with keybase.io for keys or your own server - https://sendto.click , which is also open source. This is far simpler of course but there's no reason in principle…

I wouldn't be too hesitant to use it. I think it depends mostly on being able to verify everything that they verify. Which they already encourage you to do: leave signed signatures in profiles so that people can verify them independent of keybase.io
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