IPFS: A P2P Persistent File System


#1

I just saw this alpha video, and I have to say this looks very cool. Checkout the video:

I specifically like that given the base building blocks of the FS they provide, you can build on top of it. I could easily see whole swathes of applications and tools built around this that are largely unnoticed on the normal web.

Of course there are the bad things that come with things like this.

My first question is, running a daemon, what happens if someone seeds child pornagraphy and it ends up on your daemon?

I also wonder how changes are reflected to files, can anyone change them anywhere?

What do you all think? Could you see yourself using something like this, maybe if there was a killer app out there?

More info: http://ipfs.io/


#2

I’m assuming that your files are encrypted and only partial on other systems.


#3

That’s a good point. I hadn’t fully considered that.