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Re:Orbit – Distributed, serverless, peer-to-peer chat applic... by adrianratnapala on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:33AM (#12722707)
When I choose to use a chat application, of my reasons to use it is so that there is an accessible record of the thing.

More concerning to me is with IPFS is privacy. I would want to encrypt it so that only my chat partner and I could read it. But then would it be interesting in enough to live for long on the network?

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Re:Orbit – Distributed, serverless, peer-to-peer chat applic... by computerphage on Monday October 17, 2016 @11:34PM (#12731841)
IPFS isn't in the business of providing storage for free to users. If you want it stored forever you should pin it or use a service that does the same. Just because the name is permanent doesn't mean the data is unless it's in demand from someone.
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Re:Orbit – Distributed, serverless, peer-to-peer chat applic... by fiatjaf on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @06:36AM (#12733303)
The name is misleading, you must concede.
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Re:Orbit – Distributed, serverless, peer-to-peer chat applic... by computerphage on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @06:28PM (#12748258)
What?

The name of a piece of data is cryptographically secure. It is permanent, but the data that is being named doesn't have to continue to exist on a hard drive just because its name exists.

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