OrbitDB: Peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web

Re:OrbitDB: Peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web by qorrect on Sunday April 19, 2020 @04:55PM (#22918709)

What is the use case for this ?

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Re:OrbitDB: Peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web by aeden on Sunday April 19, 2020 @09:04PM (#22920223)

Decentralized structured data store it seems. If you want a P2P application you have to store data somewhere. No idea if this fits the bill.

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Re:OrbitDB: Peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web by s3n4 on Sunday April 19, 2020 @10:30PM (#22920625)

Also because OrbitDB runs in browser JavaScript, it's great for building local-first distributed applications.

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Re:OrbitDB: Peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web by haadcode on Monday April 20, 2020 @12:11AM (#22921038)

The use case is shared, mutable data structures that don't rely on central coordination or control.

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Re:OrbitDB: Peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web by collyw on Monday April 20, 2020 @01:08PM (#22925879)

Does that even make sense? Why wouldn't you want centralized coordination of your data structures? We could go back to people emailing emailing Excels to each other is that's what you want.

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Re:OrbitDB: Peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web by jariel on Monday April 20, 2020 @03:53AM (#22922004)

This question really needs to be answered in pragmatic and illustrative terms.

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