Maybe I’m too dumb and don’t understand but it seems to me it’s just like that but with end to end encryption and hashing.

I’m all for it but I’ve just been curious as to what all the hype was about

  • Klaymore@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Well, because it uses a content-addressed hash, you don’t need to manage .torrent files or anything.

    Also, if people make two torrents with the same files, and you download one of them, it only downloads from people who seed that torrent, not from people seeding the other torrent with the same files. Since IPFS has content addressed hashes each file, you can download from anyone who has that file.

    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Well, because it uses a content-addressed hash, you don’t need to manage .torrent files or anything.

      Magnet links have been around since before ipfs.