▲ 1021 ▼ The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved web pages are back online (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 47 comments fedilink hide all child comments Wayback Machine back in read-only mode after DDoS, may need further maintenance.
[–] RedStrider@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) isn't this what ipfs is? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kautau@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Yes, this is a great example of where ipfs would work (specifically for file hosting, not necessarily for the actual web interface), and also, no ipfs is not a blockchain, and it shouldn’t be. I thought we were past the whole “can this be a blockchain” thing, but here we are. Blockchain is cool tech. It’s also incredibly inefficient for anything beyond a transaction ledger, or in today’s case, money laundering and trying to avoid taxes and regulation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zeppo@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Sounds like BitTorrent, too permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Yes, this is a great example of where ipfs would work (specifically for file hosting, not necessarily for the actual web interface), and also, no ipfs is not a blockchain, and it shouldn’t be. I thought we were past the whole “can this be a blockchain” thing, but here we are. Blockchain is cool tech. It’s also incredibly inefficient for anything beyond a transaction ledger, or in today’s case, money laundering and trying to avoid taxes and regulation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Sounds like BitTorrent, too permalink fedilink source parent