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Re: Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS

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Post by lyu07282 » Sun, Jun 04, 2023, 4:52 PM UTC

willsoon wrote: post #18

hirako2000 wrote: post #4

How does it get updates?

Now IPNS is a thing. Months ago it just didn't work, at least for me, now something is happening in the way IPNS works.

can you elaborate what IPNS is and how it helps with getting newer torrents up there?

Re: Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS

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Post by lyu07282 » Sun, Jun 04, 2023, 4:54 PM UTC

TekMol wrote: post #8

mmastrac wrote: post #2

I was curious how this works and then I saw the sqlite requests in the network tab. It's amazing to see what we have access to these days -- SQLite over HTTP over IPFS to provide a giant, censorship-resistant database!

It's censorship resistant if enough nodes mirror the sqlite file I guess. Is there any incentive for nodes to do so? Is it possible to see a statistic about how many nodes mirror it?

torrents work fine without having a monetary incentive, this misconception of the blockchain crowd really has to die its killing real decentral solutions

Re: Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS

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Post by isoprophlex » Sun, Jun 04, 2023, 4:56 PM UTC

Aren't these magnet links useless without trackers?

Re: Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS

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Post by bazmattaz » Sun, Jun 04, 2023, 4:56 PM UTC

gigatexal wrote: post #24

Look if you want to find isos to Linux (wink wink) off the web just use Usenet.

Why when Torrents work fine and are free

Re: Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS

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Post by somat » Sun, Jun 04, 2023, 5:00 PM UTC

kkielhofner wrote: post #14

jacooper wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because its using a gateway. I think if you are accessing it natively through IPFS, it will default to adding you as a peer.

Yes and the many IPFS implementations (I've tried them all) consume tremendous amounts of bandwidth and require shocking levels of system resources (considering what it does fundamentally). There's an entire cottage industry of IPFS pinning and gateway providers that exist largely because of the challenges of running your own IPFS node for anything beyond casual use.

Ipfs is is a neat project with a lot of interesting ideas. but, yeah, the deamon is often way too resource hungry. I would like to see a lite/embedded mode that would better run in resource constrained or casual setups.

Re: Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS

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Post by r3trohack3r » Sun, Jun 04, 2023, 5:01 PM UTC

isoprophlex wrote: post #43

Aren't these magnet links useless without trackers?

No, most BitTorrent clients support a Kad based DHT for discovering peers.

Re: Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS

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Post by bakugo » Sun, Jun 04, 2023, 5:02 PM UTC

lyu07282 wrote: post #42

TekMol wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's censorship resistant if enough nodes mirror the sqlite file I guess. Is there any incentive for nodes to do so? Is it possible to see a statistic about how many nodes mirror it?

torrents work fine without having a monetary incentive, this misconception of the blockchain crowd really has to die its killing real decentral solutions

Public torrents die all the time.

Re: Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jun 04, 2023, 5:03 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS

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Post by remram » Sun, Jun 04, 2023, 5:04 PM UTC

What is a RARBG?

edit: the "Getting Started ->" is actually a dropdown.

Re: Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS

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Post by romnon » Sun, Jun 04, 2023, 5:08 PM UTC

qersist3nce wrote: post #12

mmastrac wrote: post #2

I was curious how this works and then I saw the sqlite requests in the network tab. It's amazing to see what we have access to these days -- SQLite over HTTP over IPFS to provide a giant, censorship-resistant database!

Can you explain bit more? Isn't the dump of last RARBG magnet links on the order of MBs? We can just download it and grep in plain text. I don't get what is the role of SQLite or IPFS here.

this, anyone above 20 can operate.