Also, the guys working on Ethereum's Swarm think they've figured out a good incentive system for it, and plan to publish an "orange paper" in the near future.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/46fz8f/ethereum_i...
Re:An introduction to IPFS
by matthewbauer on Friday February 19, 2016 @06:00PM
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That sounds a lot like FileCoin which was created by the IPFS guy.
The future of cryptocurrencies is bright, there's now a large set of tools in the toolbox to use to build resilient, permanent applications for people to use. I'm really excited to see what people build in 2016, the cryptocurrency ecosystem has been growing rapidly in the shadows, and they're finally breaking into the mainstream.