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Re:My First Impressions of Web3 by fastball on Saturday January 08, 2022 @07:18PM (#29858256)
Many NFTs already do this, but the hash is for IPFS, which is a decentralized file storage system.

In fact decentralized storage being integrated into web3 is I think an element that the OP missed in his analysis.

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Re:My First Impressions of Web3 by toomuchtodo on Saturday January 08, 2022 @07:42PM (#29858456)
IPFS is unfortunately not durable, nor very reliable when attempting retrieval through IPFS (versus a gateway, such that Cloudflare offers).
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Re:My First Impressions of Web3 by fastball on Monday January 10, 2022 @02:05AM (#29871500)
IPFS allows for more durability than the traditional way people point to content on the internet.

You can attach a IPFS hash to your NFT (or w/e) while still using clients that use a more reliable gateway.

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