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Re:Ways to surf some of the decentralized web by StavrosK on Saturday April 11, 2020 @06:48PM (#22844793)
Personally, I find IPFS incredibly useful (when it works). Especially since it makes your content faster and more available than running your own web server at home.
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Re:Ways to surf some of the decentralized web by brokenmachine on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @12:49AM (#22862846)
Maybe I'm missing something but how is your stuff replicated when you use IPFS? I thought you just shared a link to the content which resides on your own machine.

Otherwise, how are you paying for the hosting?

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Re:Ways to surf some of the decentralized web by StavrosK on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @06:46AM (#22864488)
Whenever someone visits your content, they download and redistribute it, like a torrent. You can also pay for services like eternum.io to (additionally) distribute your content.
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Re:Ways to surf some of the decentralized web by brokenmachine on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @08:28PM (#22873093)
Of course, that makes sense. Thanks.
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