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Re:Filecoin Foundation Successfully Deploys IPFS in Space by littlestymaar on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @10:35AM (#39014420)
> The internet traditionally uses location-addressing. A DNS name pointing to a IP which has a specific geographical location

This complete nonsense. First of all DNS can give you multiple IP addresses[1] (that's how CDNs work eh!) and then IP addresses are only very loosely coupled to geographical locations…

[1]: https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-anycast-dns/

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Re:Filecoin Foundation Successfully Deploys IPFS in Space by diggan on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @10:38AM (#39014477)
Obviously, it's a simplification, as I'm sure you realized by now. Generally though, I think it can serve as a initial starting point to understanding more.

Edit: I removed the "geographical" from the "pointing to a IP which has a specific geographical location" part. Hopefully it'll make things clear enough while not over-simplifying it.

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