Re:My First Impressions of Web3
by lmarcos on Friday January 07, 2022 @09:19PM
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Honest question: at this point why don't we skip the NFT part and just keep the URL and the content in the Internet Archive?
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This gives me an idea: Internet Archive could sell Internet Tokens™ that function exactly like NFTs (but stored on the Archive instead of blockchain). Holders would be incentivised to make sure that the Archive continues to exist via donations. It's a win win for everyone
What does it mean to keep a URL in the Internet Archive?
Re:My First Impressions of Web3
by tsimionescu on Saturday January 08, 2022 @03:45AM
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I think they mean you keep the URL and the content stays in the Internet Archive.
But it could also mean that the Internet Archive creates a special page, say, "Owned URLs", where they list a username owner for each URL that someone has payed for. If you wanted to trade your URL, the IA would get a small cut to modify the contents of that page with the new owner.
This is 1:1 equivalent to the proposed scheme, but cuts out the inefficient "mint NFT on Ethereum blockchain" step, replacing it with a simple database on the IA side.