IPFS doesn't work like that. It's not an immutable archive. A node on the network has to actively host (or "pin") the content for it to be available on the network. Yes the content can be cached by other nodes, but see the definition of a cache for why you can't rely on that in the long term.
Yes, I know, but I do think the theory is eventually, it would be cheapest and capable for permanent storage, well, storage is cheap already, the matter is more that the host is reliable enough, so it has to be decentralized.
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Anywhere + get the Internet Archive to index it?
IPFS could be a contender, though I don't know where it stands now, but it's the ambition, at least.
The internet archive seems to continually be getting into legally precarious situations. I wouldn’t bet on it staying around for too long.
there is no way we will let the Internet Archive die, absolutely no way
I hope that’s true, but who actually has agency over its existence and how much control do we actually have?
Within 10 years probably not. Within 50? I'm not so sure.
Everything has an end.
IPFS doesn't work like that. It's not an immutable archive. A node on the network has to actively host (or "pin") the content for it to be available on the network. Yes the content can be cached by other nodes, but see the definition of a cache for why you can't rely on that in the long term.
Yes, I know, but I do think the theory is eventually, it would be cheapest and capable for permanent storage, well, storage is cheap already, the matter is more that the host is reliable enough, so it has to be decentralized.