Opening up my hard drive to store unknown materials? Imagine trying to explain any of this to a cop, judge, or jury.
Filecoin: A Decentralized Storage Network [pdf]
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#32Opening up my hard drive to store unknown materials? Imagine trying to explain any of this to a cop, judge, or jury.
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#33I'm still confused why I would want my storage to be decentralized. No I don't want my files spread on thousands or millions of computers no matter how encrypted etc.
This is the reason I can't take Silicon Valley too seriously. It isn't the magic algorithm, it is that no sane person would want Pied Piper's storage because it does just what you said in the context of the show.
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#34I'm still confused why I would want my storage to be decentralized. No I don't want my files spread on thousands or millions of computers no matter how encrypted etc.
What do you think Apple or Google does with your files after they are uploaded? Do you think they aren't encrypted and spread out over several machines?
Re: Filecoin: A Decentralized Storage Network [pdf]
#35I'm still confused why I would want my storage to be decentralized. No I don't want my files spread on thousands or millions of computers no matter how encrypted etc.
What do you think Apple or Google does with your files after they are uploaded? Do you think they aren't encrypted and spread out over several machines?
Re: Filecoin: A Decentralized Storage Network [pdf]
#36I'm still confused why I would want my storage to be decentralized. No I don't want my files spread on thousands or millions of computers no matter how encrypted etc.
What do you think Apple or Google does with your files after they are uploaded? Do you think they aren't encrypted and spread out over several machines?
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#37Opening up my hard drive to store unknown materials? Imagine trying to explain any of this to a cop, judge, or jury.
Storage rental is a concept that most people are familiar with. Extending that from physical objects to data isn't a very big step. Of course, storage facilities probably have some regulations to comply with that you won't be following.
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#38Coming from academia, these sort of papers would not pass any sort of double-bind peer review process. Where's the actual science? Where are the experiments? It seems to be just a document describing the protocol of Filecoin, which is fine. The problem is that all these "whitepapers" coming from these cryptocurrency communities seem to be promoted as scientific papers, but in reality do not stand a chance in any scie…
On the other hand, this is massively better to what normal corporate types call a "whitepaper" (usually just a glossy brochure that tells you nothing new.)
> Where are the experiments?
The experiments are in the markets. :) I.e. "here's a new coin, will it make money?"
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#39Opening up my hard drive to store unknown materials? Imagine trying to explain any of this to a cop, judge, or jury.
Filecoin miners can do the same by (a) registering as service providers and (b) complying with blacklists and takedown notices as mandated by their legal jurisdiction. Note: Filecoin miners don't just store arbitrary files assigned by the network; they sign contracts with specific clients to store specific files. The only difference from Amazon is that the network itself enforces these contracts.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
What do you think Apple or Google does with your files after they are uploaded? Do you think they aren't encrypted and spread out over several machines?
But with Apple and Google, I know my data won’t go missing because the p2p network decided to stop seeding my file. Torrents die all the time due to lack of seeding.