Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS
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Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS
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#2I 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!
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#3A note of caution for those unfamiliar with how IPFS works.
It's very similar to BitTorrent with how content distribution happens. Your local node will broadcast which content it has available (downloaded).
If you access a piece of content you automatically become a host for it so you still need to use a VPN if you live in a country where you can get sued.
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#4How does it get updates?
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#5A note of caution for those unfamiliar with how IPFS works. It's very similar to BitTorrent with how content distribution happens. Your local node will broadcast which content it has available (downloaded). If you access a piece of content you automatically become a host for it so you still need to use a VPN if you live in a country where you can get sued.
Also AFAIK if no one acceses the content for a long time, it can get lost, like torrents.
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#6A note of caution for those unfamiliar with how IPFS works. It's very similar to BitTorrent with how content distribution happens. Your local node will broadcast which content it has available (downloaded). If you access a piece of content you automatically become a host for it so you still need to use a VPN if you live in a country where you can get sued.
That might be how some client(s) work, but I don't think that is how IPFS works.
If you access a piece of content over ipfs.io for example, I would think you just make https requests like to every other website.
Re: Show HN: Rarbg on IPFS
#7A note of caution for those unfamiliar with how IPFS works. It's very similar to BitTorrent with how content distribution happens. Your local node will broadcast which content it has available (downloaded). If you access a piece of content you automatically become a host for it so you still need to use a VPN if you live in a country where you can get sued.
That might be how some client(s) work, but I don't think that is how IPFS works. If you access a piece of content over ipfs.io for example, I would think you just make https requests like to every other website.
Because its using a gateway.
I think if you are accessing it natively through IPFS, it will default to adding you as a peer.
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#8I 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?
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#10A note of caution for those unfamiliar with how IPFS works. It's very similar to BitTorrent with how content distribution happens. Your local node will broadcast which content it has available (downloaded). If you access a piece of content you automatically become a host for it so you still need to use a VPN if you live in a country where you can get sued.
That might be how some client(s) work, but I don't think that is how IPFS works. If you access a piece of content over ipfs.io for example, I would think you just make https requests like to every other website.
If you access a piece of content over ipfs.io, and you don't have your browser set up to actually do those requests over a local IPFS daemon, you are not using IPFS. You are just using a normal centralized website.