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Would you use a Decentralised file system? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Valmond@lemmy.world to c/decentralization@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] Quexotic 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I do. It's in beta. It's called veilid. Check out veilid.org

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Any info about how it works/what it is more in detail? The website only lists a couple of people and a donation page.

[–] Quexotic 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah sorry about that I didn't do a good job there..

https://veilid.com/contribute/getting-started/

https://veilid.com/how-it-works/

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Quexotic 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.world 1 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Very interesting!

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

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

[–] Quexotic 1 points 11 hours ago

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=veilid+chat&c=apps

This may not work... Not sure how beta programs work in Google play.

[–] Quexotic 1 points 14 hours ago

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