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it's scalable because it only has to apply to current data, so old stuff can be reduced in its replication count, relays don't have to store everything, they just have to be ready to deliver what people ask for, and what is new
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fiatjaf 1y ago

You know you're describing how Farcaster works? They have a requirement that nodes store everything, and they have it hardcoded that stuff older than whatever time can be deleted.

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

so because stupid people have some elements of sense throw out the sense with the stupid?

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

also, none of this stuff is new

cache management should be standard procedure for an unbounded level of data storage

the disk doesn't magically grow in size bro