• @InfiniteHench@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    As I understand it, the protocol has the ability to decentralize built in. But the technical requirements are prohibitively high to the point only large businesses or corps could afford to do it. I also believe (someone correct me) the company hasn’t switched on the functionality yet.

    • Drunemeton
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      642 months ago

      Last heard (a few months ago) the cost is in storage. The protocol isn’t too complicated now, but it generates a shit ton of data, and IIRC you need a minimum of 3 copies.

      • @mac@lemm.ee
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        272 months ago

        Storage is cheap whwn it comes to webhosting and 3 replicas is honestly not much when it comes to enterprise standards. I think cloud storage providers like backblaze keep something like 9 copies of data across different mediums

    • noodle (he/him)
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      362 months ago

      my mom has always told me that I had the potential to work at NASA. but the requirements are prohibitively high

    • Natanael
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      42 months ago

      Maybe you remember PDS federation not being open for a while, but it’s open now.

      Running a public appview can be very expensive, but they’re working on making it cheaper to run one with a limited scope.