Option to use P2P filesystem instead of server (IPFS)

There’s 2 problems with using this kind of method that spring to mind.

  1. You can’t rely on “knowing your link” being the authentication method, because a) nodes advertise what data that they have stored and b) requesting a link is not a secure process, you effectively have to advertise that you’re after a particular link
  2. IPFS is a method of distribution rather than storage. You would either need to be hosting the data on an IPFS node that you control, or relying on a third party “pinning” service to hold the data for you. Either way, you’re sacrificing security and not really gaining anything
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