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replied 2354d
Memo will likely be adding IPFS support. Not sure when though.
Kevin
replied 2353d
Give me a reason there won't be a platform totally using IPFS without BCH. Which is also decentralised and uncensored.
replied 2352d
Good question. BCH has better availability (+timestamps), but for a small fee. Tips create interesting opportunities. IPFS is cheaper, though less performant and censorship resistant.
Kevin
replied 2352d
Could IPFS adopt timestamps and tips??
replied 2352d
Not that I know of. The main difference is IPFS like torrents requires altruistic seeders. Content can disappear if no one is seeding it, or have slow seeders. BCH will always be fast.
replied 2352d
Users could even pay BCH so their content is well hosted (seeded) on IPFS. Since Memo is text it's worth the fee to put it on-chain and have it hosted indefinitely.
Kevin
replied 2352d
Good answer. Thanks.
replied 2352d
Well...even it is on chain, it does not ensure it is hosted forever. It can be pruned.
replied 2352d
OP_RETURN outputs get pruned from the UTXO dataset. They are still required to validate the entire blockchain and are therefore recorded with the same level of guarantees as all txns.
replied 2352d
Images and video are too expensive to put on chain, so it's worth the performance/censorship resistance hit to use IPFS. Hopefully price to put data on-chain will go down over time.
replied 2353d
What is the Use-Case for that? How would a user profit from the integration of IPFS into Memo.cash?
replied 2353d
Storing images and video on-chain is expensive. To support media in a decentralized way it must be stored elsewhere. IPFS would be added to the current options (Imgur, Youtube, etc).
replied 2353d
The difference being that IPFS can be supported natively - i.e. you could upload files through Memo website / app.
replied 2352d
thanks for clarifying!
replied 2352d
Question: Who runs the IPFS Servers? How do you then pay for the uploads? Again with BCH?
replied 2352d
It's a good question and one of the drawbacks of IPFS. Yes, perhaps a good system could be added for using BCH to pay for hosting on IPFS.
replied 2349d
Lets call it "BlockStorage" where you pay for the storage of large blocks of data in BCH. ;)
En Fri Mand
replied 2352d
If you didn't use ipfs you would run a central server, right?
replied 2352d
Yes, that was the original plan. If you look at the source of the protocol page there's an action commented out for setting a base URL, basically a content hosting provider.
En Fri Mand
replied 2352d
what's the difference between running a central server and running an IPFS node? You need a server anyhow. With IPFS people can help hosting their own files.
replied 2352d
One benefit is that it doesn't require DNS or even a public server. You can run a local Memo client that uses IPFS. Another nice thing is it has built in easily parsable hashes.
En Fri Mand
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Can I run this local Memo client right now?
En Fri Mand
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.. on IPFS?
replied 2352d
You can run a local client. Not using IPFS though. Also lighter clients can be built.
replied 2353d
Uploading directly integrates the media effort and the posting effort => will prompt more participation (less hesitation about going offsite to get URLs.
replied 2352d
Question: Who runs the IPFS Servers? How do you then pay for the uploads? Again with BCH?