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Re:Filecoin 2017 Q4 Update by dabeeeenster on Thursday January 11, 2018 @07:06PM (#16129279)
Why bother even copying the file to S3? Just throw it away and then never serve it.
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Re:Filecoin 2017 Q4 Update by bartkmq on Friday January 12, 2018 @07:06AM (#16132261)
Because you need the files to do proof of proof-of-storage and get your coins (back).

But as the OP said there's currently no proof-of-will-to-distribute-storage so you can save money by just sending the proof-of-storages to the network and never actually provide bandwidth for the distribution of the stored data.

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