dwyl / learn-ipfs

🌠 Learn how to use IPFS to store data on the ultimate decentralised/distributed file system!
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Decentralisation: the next big step for the world wide web #2

Open nelsonic opened 5 years ago

nelsonic commented 5 years ago

This Guardian article is a good "non-technical" read: (good for sharing with Fb-addicted friends) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/08/decentralisation-next-big-step-for-the-world-wide-web-dweb-data-internet-censorship-brewster-kahle image

via/comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17941941

My biggest issue with iPFS relates to the following question (touched upon in the Guardian article):

"If information is stored in a decentralised way, how do you ever truly get rid of it?" i.e: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten

The article concludes with: "What challenges does the DWeb face? What’s holding things back?" "A killer app, a thing that everyone wants, could help here – but there isn’t one yet."

Not yet. 😉