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I Am Buiding BorgIOS to de-shitify the Internet

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Re: I Am Buiding BorgIOS to de-shitify the Internet

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Post by theamk »

BorgIOS wrote: post #16
BorgIOS wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It has everthing to do with operating systems. It provide services for security, storage and compute. It also makes a network look like one system to the user

read the shardTree.js file if you want do know how your files is stored

instead of pointing me to 2K lines file, can you answer the question directly?

> if I add a gigabyte of photos and then close the lid of my laptop, who is storing those? Do I choose specific nodes I trust, or is it assigned randomly? How much do I need to pay them for this? What if they turn off the server, do I lose all the data?

Re: I Am Buiding BorgIOS to de-shitify the Internet

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Post by BorgIOS »

theamk wrote: post #19
nubinetwork wrote: post #7

What even is this? A Linux distro? A text messaging service? An openclaw harness? The readme is such a mess.

it's a node.js app which you run on your machine and which serves a localhost page with a bunch of services. Not clear which, but "messages", "files" and "streaming" are all mentioned.

yes that is correct. To access the networks service you connect your browser to the localhost. So your browser is never exposed to the Internet.

Re: I Am Buiding BorgIOS to de-shitify the Internet

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Post by BorgIOS »

theamk wrote: post #20
BorgIOS wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Domain names - centralized. Cloud - centralized. Platforms - centralized. Cert Authorities - centralized. App Stores - centralized. Search - centralized.

you are really not reading jameskilton's comment, are you? the internet is already decentralized. "Anyone can hook up a computer to the Internet and others can immediately access it". This means: cloud - don't need it, platforms - don't care, app store - why would a webpage need it. This leaves domain names, cert authorities and search. Decentralized alternative s for all of those exist already, and frankly they are…

wow you read code quick :) I agree there is a people problem. So if the alternatives exist and people do not use them. Then we need to create alternatives that people will use... Not cut down peoples ideas with out taking any real effort ( another people problem).

Re: I Am Buiding BorgIOS to de-shitify the Internet

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Post by BorgIOS »

theamk wrote: post #21
BorgIOS wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

read the shardTree.js file if you want do know how your files is stored

instead of pointing me to 2K lines file, can you answer the question directly? > if I add a gigabyte of photos and then close the lid of my laptop, who is storing those? Do I choose specific nodes I trust, or is it assigned randomly? How much do I need to pay them for this? What if they turn off the server, do I lose all the data?

files are sharded and hashed then digitally signed by the owner. Next they are broadcasted to the ftree network. Nodes compete with a short POW to store the next shard (the POW is to create randomness not earnings). When shards are retrieved an audit is run to see how many healthy shards are available. if less then 3 copies are found a new shard is automatically created on a another cell. Only one healthy shard is all that is required but 3 are always maintained.

No nodes are trusted they just store shards. To recreate a file you need to have the shard map (the list of the sha256 hashes for each shard). If you want the shards encrypted your client encrypts before the file enters the network and only you can decrypt it with the cypher you stored it with.

Re: I Am Buiding BorgIOS to de-shitify the Internet

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Post by BorgIOS »

theamk wrote: post #5

despite having "OS" in the name, it has nothing to do with operating systems. It's a local node.js app you run, which connects to their own mesh network, and somehow fetches the user data from the P2P mesh. The P2P mesh is supposed to be uniform, "No masters, no workers, no special hardware" - but later in the README, they mention (1) users paying for storage and bandwidth (2) other users hosting the servers at their…

regarding the password... what is bad news is that everytime some some big tech company's database gets hacked your credentials get sold on the dark net. Why do they get hacked? because everyone knows they have millions of credentials for the taking. I prefer keeping my credentials on my own machine. If you lose your keys that is on you.

Re: I Am Buiding BorgIOS to de-shitify the Internet

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Post by tourmalinetaco »

BorgIOS wrote: post #12
melvillain wrote: post #8

This is the Pied Piper decentralized internet idea from Silicon Valley. With about as much technical explanation as the show writers managed. I doubt Gilfoyle would use it.

I guess you read all 20,000 lines of code. By the way it is made in waterloo :)

If you didn’t even write your own code why do you expect people to read it
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