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From: Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
Subject: Re: Using IPFS to host mirrors of source packages
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Pjotr Prins writes:

> By hosting source packages on IPFS they become content addressable and
> should scale for downloads. It would also become a safe way of
> distributing data.
>
> https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs
>
> Essentially the interplanetary file system allows for distributed
> storage servers and a distributed DNS style resolution for finding
> files. It allows people to share storage and by pooling storage we
> can provide resilient access to all source packages. Especially the
> ones that prove dodgy now.
>
> This should be fairly trivial to implement as long as some of us can
> commit some storage. We could use the build farm.
>
> Next we can do the same for binary Guix packages. It would make for
> way faster downloads when the Guix-deamon supports the protocol.
>
> Can we look into this? Who of us can host IPFS and expose port 4001? I
> can put in some.

Yes, I think we should look into this. I can host IPFS on port 4001 of
my home server. I have rather low bandwidth (around 1 Mbps of upspeed,
at best), but I can do my bit.
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