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The proper way to do it is how it was done always. Teach your kids. If they grow up and your teachings stand the test of time, they will pass it to their kids, and so on...
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If I remember correctly IPFS alone won't guarantee that the file will be around.
You have to pay some service to keep it pinned. Also cross your fingers and hope IPFS is still a thing in 100 years.
The proper way to do it is how it was done always. Teach your kids. If they grow up and your teachings stand the test of time, they will pass it to their kids, and so on...
What knowledge do you have that was passed down 3 or more generations to you?
Almost, but not, aviation.
There's probably more. That's my family though - we're still using 1935 CWA cookbooks and occasionally pull a plough with horses or bullocks.
We've obviously added and upgraded those skills over generations, but we still have stuff the great grandparents used, and added in a few more contempory skills.
I guess we'll lose some of that if we ever get a mechanical dishwasher though.
20 years - google doc with backups in your email and wherever your taxes and medical stuff is, and printed copy with your home records 40 years - print and bind the google doc in 20 years, store it with their stuff when they leave the house. 60 years - publish the book buy a bunch of copies and distribute 100 years - it needs to be a very good book
Individual books can last much longer than a hundred years. Worst case, engrave it on a clay tablet and bury it in a bog.
20 years - google doc with backups in your email and wherever your taxes and medical stuff is, and printed copy with your home records 40 years - print and bind the google doc in 20 years, store it with their stuff when they leave the house. 60 years - publish the book buy a bunch of copies and distribute 100 years - it needs to be a very good book
Do the same for the domain name registration. If you can't deposit from a card, you can deposit crypto into Namecheap. It will auto-renew in 10 year chunks.
Make sure that systemd and the web server do not fill the disk with logs, that the logs are set to auto truncate.
Beyond this, for the unforseen, you will need an AI to administer the server or to migrate. The AI could operate from the same node and have access to run commands on the system. The AI could also have access to news announcements of the hosting and AI providers, access to much cryptocurrency for payments, to a controllable headless web browser, using all of which it can migrate to an alternative provider.
Of course none of this is necessary in your specific case if you can just print copies.
The solution is to print out your writing, put the pages in plastic sleeves, and clip them into binders. Keep the copies in filing cabinets in separate physical locations. It's a one-time cost that isn't subject to digital media issues. You can't accidentally delete the writing or lock yourself out of an account that stores the files like you can with a digital copy
On GitHub as markdowns. They run their "arctic vault backup" from time to time. May be viable option.