Comment on Feds Threaten Wikipedia After Right-Wing Media Uproar

untakenusername@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• 7toed@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes, start with a mirror. A download is enough for yourself, but mirrors retain what is needed to rebuild the database. You will meed a lot of storage

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  • untakenusername@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I torrented the text of english wikipedia one time and deleted it a few weeks after to make space for my Monero node. What I meant by “decentralized Wikipedia” would be not only the files being stored in multiple locations but there also being some sort of system (including moderation I suppose) to broadcast edits across the network

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    • racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ll have to stop you right there, mate. You are reinventing blockchain.

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      • 7toed@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s more akin to torrenting really, I stumbled upon Wikipedia over IPFS

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    • 7toed@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Wikipedia over IPFS, it seems to be a work in progress, but its something

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      • untakenusername@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        that’s actually pretty cool, thanks!

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• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How would that work?

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