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Re:Show HN: A Decentralized StatusPage on IPFS by foxhop on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @09:56AM (#16274270)
Each time the page is updated, the TXT record would need to be modified with the latest IPNS hash?
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Re:Show HN: A Decentralized StatusPage on IPFS by jstanley on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @11:18AM (#16274962)
No, if you put an IPNS hash in the TXT record you just update your IPFS node.

If you put an IPFS hash in the TXT record then you need to update that every time. I personally do this (domain name jes.xxx) because it means you don't need to leave your IPFS node running constantly in order for your IPNS name to be resolvable.

The record is:

    jes.xxx.		300	IN	TXT	"dnslink=Qme12vJPtMpeUwmG2NLG11Q47jy2unSonegNJxQb9QgYax"
And I have a small shell script to update it automatically.
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