IPFessay
Creative
publishing essays
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
8 positive, 28 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 10 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Privacy: 2 for, 9 againstIdea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for publishing essays on IPFS with a writable gateway
From 1 comment
For context: IPFS is a distributed content-addressable storage system that is web compatible. If you want to learn how to use IPFS directly (i.e. without using and trusting a…
jstanley on HN
Objections
IPFS is not really uncensorable and should not be promoted as such
From 3 comments
IPFS isn't "uncensorable" and shouldn't be promoted as such. Nodes must openly host your content for it to be available in the network.
dublinben on HNThese are only as “uncensorable” as any other IPFS object, right? Which is to say, not very. IPFS isn't even encrypted right now.
TazeTSchnitzel on HNYeah, I would say the biggest difference is in how content gets reshared. With Freenet, content gets reshared by nodes as soon as it enters the network, and users are unaware of…
diggan on HN
Legal exposure from hosting or viewing copyrighted or illegal content
From 3 comments
Doesn't that create some legal issues? By viewing some of these IPFS links higher up in the thread am I "distributing" their contents in the eyes of the law?
Klathmon on HNPinning ensure that the content doesn't get pruned when your clear your node's cache. I think as long as you have a block of any file you'll be a provider as well. I think this…
DeliveryGuy on HNI've seen some IPFS links that are unreachable because of copyright issue.
WhiteOwlLion on HN
Lack of encryption and CORS/origin security concerns
From 3 comments
Does it enforce Cross-Origin Policies? Since the addresses are just path components and not subdomains this may be an issue. It's just a feeling this might get relevant,…
ysleepy on HNDifferent authors and documents are considered part of the same domain since the tokens are just path elements. The whole IPFS gateway might be considered one big domain. So…
ysleepy on HNThese are only as “uncensorable” as any other IPFS object, right? Which is to say, not very. IPFS isn't even encrypted right now.
TazeTSchnitzel on HN
Requests
Use the standard IPFS writable gateway API by default
From 1 comment
Hey, thanks! Can we make it use your API by default, or perhaps as a fallback? I'm not sure what the difference between the Node API and the Gateway API is, I had to hack around…
StavrosK on HN
Questions
Is IPFS more than Freenet with a new coat of paint?
From 1 comment
So, is IPFS more than Freenet + a fresh coat of 2017 paint?
camdenlock on HN
Alternatives named
Freenet
From 1 comment
So, is IPFS more than Freenet + a fresh coat of 2017 paint?
camdenlock on HN