Devon R. James

'ello ;)

we're all just updating ourselves on IPFS over here, and really quite stoked

changes our thinking about a lot of stuff - primarily how much info should go in the chain since IPFS looks to be way faster than the mainline DHT

@muneeb-ali ,@shea256 - since your time with onename and now working on blockstore, whats your take so far on the specialization of namecoin vs security (even if it requires somewhat...

oh, and @jbenet can you explain how filecoin and IPFS relate to one another?

we're really weighing the question of a specialized alt coin vs changing data structure to use BTC blockchain, but IPFS as a replacement for mainline DHT makes it more compelling...

plus, of course, this: https://github.com/openname/blockstore/issues/81 to reduce the cost of submissions

@jbenet @prestonjbyrne thoughts on webtorrent? turning users on websites into seeders could really be a big deal. https://instant.io/

Here's a little demo of one implementation of a "decentralized YouTube" that uses IPFS for media storage/distrib (although we are not yet capturing views, geo data et cetera) https://alexandria.io/browser/002004 >...

Yes, that's the plan, and then supplement that with other non server-focused stats that can help gauge the relative popularity of a piece of content like size of swarm and...