Re:How Websites Die
by doodles33 on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @03:39PM
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Unstoppable domains solve this problem by making domain purchases permanent and stored on a decentralized blockchain - although that brings some problems of it's own - and IPFS solves that by not requiring that a central server stays online to serve that content, although this does require that _someone_ be insterested in serving the website at all.
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This article isn't about websites going offline. It's about websites dying of 'natural causes', meaning the author or site manager lost interest in updating and maintaining the site.
There's much more to the soul of a website than the datacenter where it's hosted. I doubt if the handful of mirror.xyz 'decentralized' sites I see popping up will still exist in 5 years' time.
Re:How Websites Die
by Dan_Sylveste on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @11:09PM
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>blockchain
>solves this problem
Sure. Absolutely. Probably cures cancer too.
Re:How Websites Die
by doodlesdev on Thursday June 30, 2022 @09:56PM
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Show me where I can buy a permanent domain directly from ICANN and be sure that it will be stored forever without ever relying on a single company or system to keep working and I will suggest it over any blockchain solution immediately. The problem is that it does not exist and it probably never will, and thus this is the next big thing.
Also relevant LOL (although you're right when it comes to blockchain and cancer, this is nonsense, I just though it was funny): https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/business-reporte...