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What is the Use-Case for that? How would a user profit from the integration of IPFS into Memo.cash?
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Storing images and video on-chain is expensive. To support media in a decentralized way it must be stored elsewhere. IPFS would be added to the current options (Imgur, Youtube, etc).
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The difference being that IPFS can be supported natively - i.e. you could upload files through Memo website / app.
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thanks for clarifying!
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Question: Who runs the IPFS Servers? How do you then pay for the uploads? Again with BCH?
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It's a good question and one of the drawbacks of IPFS. Yes, perhaps a good system could be added for using BCH to pay for hosting on IPFS.
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Lets call it "BlockStorage" where you pay for the storage of large blocks of data in BCH. ;)
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If you didn't use ipfs you would run a central server, right?
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Yes, that was the original plan. If you look at the source of the protocol page there's an action commented out for setting a base URL, basically a content hosting provider.
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what's the difference between running a central server and running an IPFS node? You need a server anyhow. With IPFS people can help hosting their own files.
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One benefit is that it doesn't require DNS or even a public server. You can run a local Memo client that uses IPFS. Another nice thing is it has built in easily parsable hashes.
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Can I run this local Memo client right now?
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.. on IPFS?
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You can run a local client. Not using IPFS though. Also lighter clients can be built.
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Uploading directly integrates the media effort and the posting effort => will prompt more participation (less hesitation about going offsite to get URLs.
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Question: Who runs the IPFS Servers? How do you then pay for the uploads? Again with BCH?