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> IPFS has the interesting quality that the more popular a piece of content is, the easier it is to get ahold of.

That sounds like the worst of the current internet, but even worse



Or, you know, BitTorrent, which works perfectly fine.


There's a reason private trackers have to incentivize keeping the long tail alive.


Look at any public tracker and you'll find torrents that are very old, swarming strong.


Sometimes I try to get something that is a year old (or even 6 months) and it's stuck for weeks at 99%


Along with those that have 0 seeders.


IPFS solved that by making sure even popular stuff is difficult to get.


Thanks, quite a bit of coffee is now on my keyboard...


Dude this made my day. Thanks! xD


Survivor bias, there.


Yes, there is a reason: because they're private and have limited users.




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