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lindig | 2 years ago

Filecoin, which is based on IPFS, creates a market for unused storage. I think that idea is great but for adoption it needs to be as simple as Dropbox to store files. But visit https://filecoin.io/ and the dropbox-like app that you could be willing to try is nowhere to be found. So maybe it is an enterprise solution? That isn't spelled out either. So I am not surprised that this has little traction and the article further confirms the impression.

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diggan|2 years ago

> to be as simple as Dropbox to store files. But visit https://filecoin.io/ and the dropbox-like app that you could be willing to try is nowhere to be found

I agree with this fully. But as said elsewhere, it's kind of far away from that, and also slightly misdirected.

Imagine asking someone to get started with web development by sending them to https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc793.txt (the TCP specification). Filecoin is just the protocol, and won't ever solve that particular problem, as it's not focused on solving that particular problem, it's up to client implementations to solve.

But the ecosystem is for sure missing an easy to use / end-user application like Dropbox for storing files in a decentralized and secure way.

ahmedfromtunis|2 years ago

This is, in my opinion, is the first and only "solution" to a real problem built using the blockchain.

Distributed file storage, if done correctly, can be a transformative technology. And it can be even more revolutionary implemented at the OS level.

pierat|2 years ago

Here's your $.10/day for that 1GB with bandwidth... but running the filecoin stack will cost you a $50/mo server.

That fucker's a PIG on cpu and ram.

kkielhofner|2 years ago

IPFS is as well.

Clearly much more going on but take a machine that can serve 10k req/s with [insert 100 things here] without flinching and watch it maybe, just maybe, do 10 with IPFS.

I'm not kidding.