True, but ipfs is not backwards compatible. It’s got it’s own stack vs here is a json object and anytime you encounter this object you can be certain the payload is the same. The objects themselves now have mobility.
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I'm definitely not here to shill for IPFS, just pointing out it was a design goal of that system. one of my favorite things about #[6] is his series of IPFS rants. only someone who was deeply interested in IPFS working could have tried it enough to get such a deep undestanding of its weaknesses. I have a similar experience.
the true innovation is the dissociating the verity of the content with the service provider. previously, the network effect drove returns and power exponentially to the party that owned the network. so in the case of twitter, they owned the underlying infrastructure and it didn't make sense to think of decentralizing twitter. the network effect was their seigniorage, the pay off for owning the network.
and just as bitcoin takes seigniorage out of the hands of centralizing elites, nostr takes the network effect premium out of the hands of the service provider and returns it only to the protocol. the more people use the protocol, the more protocol users benefit. service providers are thus incentivized to provide good services they can be paid for, but not to gatekeep. it's an exciting dynamic and why this model can work to induce a bottom up revolution in the flow of information.
I’d be interested in reading #[8] IPFS rants… any links to share? 🤙🙏
exactly that. also note the 8 links at the bottom to his elaborations on specific topics therein.
Wow, this is amazing. It’s like watching Momento. It’s no wonder nostr looks like this. Fiatjaf has already lived through this entire cycle.
Looks like nostr will solve discovery and payments of the content. where will the videos or pics be stored if not IPFS?
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Even if the original publisher goes rogue, disappears, whatever… the data itself is future proof. You’ve reduced the dependency risk, and that can scale across developers. Network effects in the data itself.