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Re:IPFS is the Distributed Web by aaroninsf on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:13AM (#12785481)
Backing 'long tail' content with webseeds works well for Bittorrent.

...but that's the same as saying let's back the decentralized web with centralized resources erp.

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Re:IPFS is the Distributed Web by clueless404 on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:48AM (#12785601)
Exactly. Which begs the question of why bother with the decentralization part at all of long tail / unpopular content?
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