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Re:HTTP is obsolete – it's time for the distributed, permane... by sergiotapia on Sunday October 17, 2021 @02:07PM (#28898408)
This is what I'm saying. If there's a financial incentive to store popular content, or a higher incentive to host "at-risk" content this would work out, no?

I have no idea how hard this would be to implement. I'm new to ipfs and crypto.

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Re:HTTP is obsolete – it's time for the distributed, permane... by xwdv on Sunday October 17, 2021 @08:34PM (#28901029)
The way it works is by using a smart contract so that content and payment can be exchanged simultaneously and payment is only delivered when the hash of the file matches what is expected.
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