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Re:Internet Archive as a default host-of-record for startups by Jonovono on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @03:16PM (#29641585)
.... He says it right after "to make internet applications that could outlive companies". If it's on the blockchain it doesn't matter if the company storing all of the archives shuts down, the content would still exist, forever, until their is a network running the chain. I suppose something like Torrent could be used?
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Re:Internet Archive as a default host-of-record for startups by Mezzie on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @03:46PM (#29641906)
He has a point, but it's that private companies shouldn't archives of record.

I actually think using blockchain for things like ensuring providence is interesting, since in archives being able to have a clean record of what happened to a piece is VERY useful. It just won't earn a ton of money, so we'll need to wait for the capitalism to burn off to see more not-for-profit uses.

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