Re:Show HN: Arxiv.org on IPFS
by amelius on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @01:09PM
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Why do you need a blockchain to implement Skynet?
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The blockchain gets us a decentralized marketplace for decentralized storage providers. Anyone can join as a provider and get paid, and the blockchain can act as a decentralized escrow that holds the payment until proof is provided that the storage contract was properly fulfilled.
98% of our technology is off-chain. Only a little tiny sliver (the file contract open and close) is actually posted to the blockchain.