Replying to Carlos

Definitely possible to do.

For example, the storage provider could listen on Nostr for "proof of storage" requests.

The client (who originally sent the file) could send a challenge every 24h using the scheme above. When answering the challenge, the provider can also sent a BOLT11 invoice, covering the cost for the next 24h. If the client pays it, the provider keep storing it. If the client fails to pay, the provider can delete the file after some grace period.

In a sense, the client is "paying by the day".
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jimbocoin šŸƒ 2y ago

Right. I think also thereā€™s a BitTorrent tie-in here. Pay-to-seed. This would accelerate re-downloading the content later since your BitTorrent client can concurrently pull from all seeders.

In fact, BitTorrent already has mechanisms for pulling ranges of bytes and checking them. Iā€™m not sure exactly how it works, but it may be a good platform to build on.

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