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7toed@midwest.social 3 weeks agoYes, 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
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
racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I’ll have to stop you right there, mate. You are reinventing blockchain.
7toed@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
It’s more akin to torrenting really, I stumbled upon Wikipedia over IPFS
7toed@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Wikipedia over IPFS, it seems to be a work in progress, but its something
untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
that’s actually pretty cool, thanks!