How could a robust decentralised file system be useful?

Would you use one if one was available?

If so, to what use (storing, sharing, building apps on top of it, …)?

If not, are there some specific reasons like difficulty to set up, legal, you already use one, or other?

I’m making one and it is fully functional but adoption is not here yet so I’m trying to figure out why.

Cheers

Edit: I’m referring to a decentralised online storage, accessible from anywhere.

    • Valmond@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Hmm, so at a first glance it’s IPFS with obfuscated routes plus there seems to be other possibilities, but for now it wants to be more of a framework for future applications?

      Interesting, do you have any real world usage examples, like what do/can you use it for, and how do you use it?

      Cheers

      • ɔiƚoxɘupEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I’m so glad you asked!

        Look up veilid chat in the Google play store…

        And join the discord!

        And if you like, I think the command to install a node is sudo apt update sudo apt install veilid-server veilid-cli

        https://discord.gg/XAAqVa962

        • Valmond@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Very interesting!

          Can’t find a Veilid chat though, Veil chat maybe?

          Discord, talking instead of writing 😅?! I’ll try 😊

              • ɔiƚoxɘupEnglish
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                2 months ago

                It’s okay. I’ve been working on maintaining the server more than testing the client.

                • Valmond@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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                  2 months ago

                  It’s really simple to set up if I understood correctly, is it maintenance heavy or is it just like you need to upgrade it sometimes?

                  • ɔiƚoxɘupEnglish
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                    2 months ago

                    So it is pretty simple to set up but not if you containerize it like I have I’ve decided to put it in a container because it’s still beta and to do that you have to give it persistent storage and route the ports correctly and all that stuff and people do seem to have trouble with that.

                    Regardless, I wanted to do something to support the project and that seemed like a pretty good way to do it and it took some effort but not a whole lot and I learned a few things in the process so it was fun.

          • ɔiƚoxɘupEnglish
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            2 months ago

            I applied for the beta ages ago, maybe it hasn’t opened up again yet. Maybe it’s full.