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Awesome, I'm gonna try on my umbrel tomorrow
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It is a cool project
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Start9?
I haven't utilized Start9 up to this point. I plan to review the documentation and potentially incorporate it when I have available time.
Ok! I know Docker support is coming in the next StartOS release as well
Own your media
thanks for building
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dunno what this is but sounds good
Very happy to see people exploring the use of IPFS in Nostr. So many ideas!
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What's the best way to reach out? I have an idea that requires coding skills that I don't have.
This is awesome
FileDrop real decentralization
This is so good
You did a wonderful job explaining the important points about the subject. Ty
thats cool
Really a very useful tool, thank you.
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Nice job! Any chance this could be available on StartOS as well?
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FileDrop
thanks
Dont mean to tear down something potentially pretty cool, but I dont get IPFS. What's the incentive for someone else to host your data?
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We are getting there ...
You're right to askโIPFS does lack a built-in economic incentive like blockchains often have, which is a common point of confusion.
But think of it this way: unused storage is wasted storage. If youโve got 100 GB of disk space and youโre only using 1 GB, that remaining 99 GB is just sitting idle. Why not let it do something useful?
In practice, people often host content they care aboutโlike files from people they follow on Nostr or communities theyโre part of. When you pin (i.e., intentionally store) someoneโs content, youโre helping keep it online. And because IPFS is content-addressed and peer-to-peer, your node automatically shares those files with others who request them. Itโs like a collaborative spiderweb: everyone contributes a little, and in return, everyone can access what they need.
Plus, if you store your own files on IPFS, other nodes can serve them on your behalf when you're offlineโas long as someone has pinned or cached them. So the more people participate, the more resilient the whole network become
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I use Start OS... Will we see it available in the Community Marketplace?
not anytime soon boss, but m sure you can run it in docker
Interesting.
Cool !
Own your media!
Nice app that leverages IPFS, thank you!
Very cool. Is IPFS blossom server possible?
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Thanks for sharing
Why would someone pin my encrypted files that they donโt know what is in it? Itโs not like the 2gb wikileaks thing that everyone downloaded some years ago.
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Interesting
This is awesome! Thank you.
StartOS apps are docker apps.
Thanks for this answer. I imagine there are some files with 0 redundancy and some with hundreds of people pinning?
I am interested in this, seems like a great move in the right direction for IP protected media. But it still seems like you need to be running your own node to use this? - Start 9 or Umbrel - Is that right? I understand the benefit of having a node but most musicians don't have the money to buy one of these machines. Thanks for pushing the needle forward for helping content creators protect their media. ๐๐ป
the pinned friends / follow / WoT integration is cool, what's to stop me from just running this node, putting in your npub, and uploading media? i don't have to sign any type of nostr authentication for this, so what's to stop anyone from using anyone's node? it's a cool concept. keep working on it.
you don't need your own node, just like blossom you can use public nodes
No, usually, as long as you're accessing a file, it's moved back to the top. This means that only purged files are the ones least accessed.
let me know if you need any help
I dropped it because it wasn't optimized, and I don't like Blossom servers. The technology is completely different here; once you try this, it renders Blossom servers obsolete. Best of all, it works independently, without requiring any special Nostr events.
Since IPFS is a public network, if you need something private, you'll need to encrypt it, convert it to a blob, and then upload it. This is similar to how 0xChat works for file drops.
There is a common misunderstanding between pinning and redundancy. While pinning does provide protection against garbage collection, it doesn't automatically make the pinned files more accessible. Instead, files that are frequently accessed are typically cached on multinodes and generally have better availability than files pinned to a single node that might happen to be offline.
so IPFS as a network favours active files
@besoeasy so where does the media get stored and protected? by a hosted, paid service provider?
well you do me a favour, don't be confused install 0xchat and pick our file-drop server at
It's free :
then you run your own on your laptop or pc or mac or raspberry pi - it will backup your media automatically on your computer
so even if
deletes your media, as soon as your laptop turn on, it will repopulate your media to
What is the group link for OX chat?
But files that are important but not accessed often run the risk of being lost?
this is why you mark them with PIN.
Can I pin everything?
it automatically does, all you need is to post the media on your NOSTR.
my example node :
Simply enter your NPUB and it handles all the details automaticallyโyou don't even have to monitor your node, just set it up and let it run on its own.
Can I track how many nodes carry my files?
If you're interested in a simpler, blossom-based alternative to IPFS:
I already managed to run it and host it, but I'm honest! I have no idea how it works nor do I know what I'm doingโบ๏ธ
perfect, do you have a URL for us or is it private for personal use ?
WebRTC poses privacy concerns, though I appreciate the concept.
i will explore this as well
Thanks for answering my questions. Do you know of anyone losing access to a file there?
I've been using IPFS for the past five years, and I haven't encountered any issues. For safety, I use two nodes: one in the cloud and one on my Raspberry Pi.
I planned to use it more for private use
Why not use syncthing ?
how is that done?
just this month I am seeing how many are developing tools that can help problems that have been arising, the tool that this type developed is something that I have been looking for for a long time, I just didn't know how to do it.
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FileDrop is now Nostr-native. Set your NPUB and your node keeps your media, no matter where it was uploaded. Own your media. This...
I congratulate and thank you for your contribution to the decentralised and distributed community. I'm running File-Drop with my Npub set up. How does the "Automatically fetches your notes, extracts IPFS CIDs, and pins them"?
If I change the self-hosted files my ssd btrfs to another folder or another ssd what happens? and how to safely backup the _date directory, use cp or rsync?
Navigate to your /admin.html page. It should display something similar to this.
Good question! I recommend setting up two nodes using an affordable Raspberry Pi 4 or 5. I've equipped my Raspberry Pi 5 with a 2TB SSD, which allows me to upload 4K films and share them with my friends for viewing.
