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maybe I'm missing something but isn't ipfs just BitTorrent with extra steps (self.ipfs)
submitted 8 months ago by Secret300 to c/[email protected]
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Maybe I'm too dumb and don't understand but it seems to me it's just like that but with end to end encryption and hashing.

I'm all for it but I've just been curious as to what all the hype was about

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[โ€“] Klaymore 16 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Well, because it uses a content-addressed hash, you don't need to manage .torrent files or anything.

Also, if people make two torrents with the same files, and you download one of them, it only downloads from people who seed that torrent, not from people seeding the other torrent with the same files. Since IPFS has content addressed hashes each file, you can download from anyone who has that file.

[โ€“] Secret300 4 points 8 months ago

Okay that's pretty dope

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