nostr:npub1nxy4qpqnld6kmpphjykvx2lqwvxmuxluddwjamm4nc29ds3elyzsm5avr7 it would be great if you guys added .pdf to the file types that I can host. We need a document repository. I have a folder in my Google drive that is full of documents about Nikola Tesla and his research for example. Would like to make them available on Nostr without doxxing my Google identity.
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I’ll be able to implement that sometime in the next couple of months. The problem is ensuring that your uploaded PDFs are safe and don’t have viruses or malware. Upload and hosting is easy 🐶🐾🫡
Yes I understand PDFs can be problematic in that way
Makes sense to me.
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Another option for sharing large files might be IPFS. Its a more n00b-friendly evolution of Bittorrent.
To seed a file, you can use a "pinning" service like Pinata, or run your own node, optionally over Tor like I do.
To share with others, you can give a normal http link to an IPFS gateway. They are damned ugly - https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafybeicn7i3soqdgr7dwnrwytgq4zxy7a5jpkizrvhm5mv6bgjd32wm3q4 but they work like any other link if there are seeders online.
Very cool. Everybody on Nostr is used to links with long cryptographic strings in them so that's probably not a big deal.