Season 2 · Episode 636
IPFS vs. The Cloud: The Quest for Ultimate Redundancy
Can a decentralized network replace Amazon and Google? Herman and Corn dive into IPFS, content-addressing, and the risks of "forever" data.
My Weird Prompts · Daniel Rosehill
February 15, 202628m 41s
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Show Notes
In this episode of My Weird Prompts, Herman and Corn tackle a listener's quest for the "ultimate backup" by moving beyond traditional cloud providers like Wasabi and AWS. They explore the Interplanetary File System (IPFS), a decentralized protocol that promises data durability without single points of failure. From understanding Content Identifiers (CIDs) and the mechanics of "pinning" to the legal nightmares of immutable data and "crypto-shredding," the duo breaks down whether decentralized storage is a revolutionary leap or just a complicated layer on top of existing servers. Is your data truly safe if it's everywhere at once? Tune in to find out why the future of the web might be content-addressed, and why you might still need a backup for your backup's addresses.