[seestem]

It is not my original idea, but it is an obvious idea to anyone who knows how the internet works, I just added it to get the discussion going.

[Cheer2171]

It already exists. IA has had a DWeb for 6 years. Nobody seeds it.

[creer]

If nobody seeds it (or continue development) then it's dead. Inspiration and perhaps code for the next effort sure. But not "exist" that makes a difference.

[seestem]

Incentivising seeding is hard. Maybe cryptocurrencies can be useful here, but I understand not everyone likes them especially here on HN. In retrospect the ideal setup would have been if archiving was included into the core HTTP protocol.