> I don't see why a solution where you pay for speed couldn't be implemented on top of ipfs
Then do it. Let's see if it actually works.
nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z nostr:npub1j3vtkuurx77yzs33ufzzc08syhrqca8aawa5p4afnfqxrnzvugmqrmqxec nostr:npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6
1. reinvent redundant CDN service except NOSTR!!!11
2. it's free
3. wait that's not sustainable. relays start charging
4. oh look it's back to being a paid CDN
seems like the only upside here is that migrating between vendors is transparent because it's the equivalent of paying someone to seed a torrent for you. of course the obvious downside is that anyone can jump in and host your stuff and in so doing sample your traffic
I don't see why a solution where you pay for speed couldn't be implemented on top of ipfs. but then http relays for ipfs already exist and could be paid to serve your content quickly. and that protocol seems better suited to the task
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nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z nostr:npub1j3vtkuurx77yzs33ufzzc08syhrqca8aawa5p4afnfqxrnzvugmqrmqxec nostr:npub108pv4cg5ag52nq082kd5leu9ffrn2gdg6g4xdwatn73y36uzplmq9uyev6 no u :laugh: why wouldn't it work? how would directing clients towards particular nodes that you had paid for a fast response be any different than what's being done with nostr here?
it's an interesting proof of concept and I think it's a good idea. nostr just seems like a distinctly inferior protocol when it comes to file hosting
Then prove it. I am doing my part and proving Nostr can be a good small file manager: the types of small files you see on websites. If you pay for relays then it gets even better. But it already works as is.
Try to do the same with IPFS or Torrents. A lot of people claim IPFS and torrents can solve it. Most people that make that claim never actually tried and have no idea how misfit those protocols are for the types of content we are using here.
I tried and I couldn't get either IPFS, or torrents, to be speedy enough for websites. You always need to relay on a centralized hack to make them work.
how about retroshare / turtle ? ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_F2F )