Re:Filecoin: A Decentralized Storage Network [pdf]
by colordrops on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @04:06PM
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Because once they do get it right, it's open source and no one can take it away. A centralized system can and most likely will eventually degrade and disappear. Also, privacy.
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Re:Filecoin: A Decentralized Storage Network [pdf]
by Zahlmeister on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @05:28PM
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I believe the market right now tells you that people value neither redundancy (creating business for file recovery services) nor privacy all that much.
They do value simplicity of use above all and they do trust large companies (for better or worse).
What makes this system better than the other systems that fulfill essentially the same purpose? What does "getting it right" mean? Are they getting it right and how so?
Re:Filecoin: A Decentralized Storage Network [pdf]
by colordrops on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @10:48PM
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Is there not room in the market for multiple solutions? Both Dropbox and a decentralized solution can co-exist.
Re:Filecoin: A Decentralized Storage Network [pdf]
by Zahlmeister on Thursday July 20, 2017 @01:27AM
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What I'm saying is that these are not actually big selling points for a general audience.
I'm not saying it's not viable at all, but the distributed aspect alone requires a certain amount of popularity to sustain it.