RE: Dlive is Leaving: The Reason A Farce And STEEM Won't Miss It A Bit
if videos don't stay accessible for longer than a month on dtube, isn't that defeating the purpose of blockchain?
I believe dtube does use IPFS; if not the videos are on their servers.
Yes, @dtube uses IPFS to help host their videos. The reason the videos disappear is probably due to the lack of space on the Dtube servers, and they need to remove them to allow for new uploads. These videos would not disappear if they were "saved" to other IPFS nodes.
I created a decentralized network of nodes to help solve this issue called @nebulus. This project is a Python-based project that gives the content creator a place to "backup" media within the Interplanetary File System (IPFS). The more areas your content exists, the better the chance that your work will be available whenever a viewer wishes to consume your media.
All that said, we are still new(ish) and improvements are made every day. The coolest part about Nebulus is that the nodes are not "saving" the content out of the kindness of their heart. We use the STEEM blockchain to pay them for their support of the media.
That sounds like a great project. Thanks for the update @jrswab.
I gave the new account a follow....looking forward to more information about it. This sounds like something that could really be helpful.
How do the nodes get paid their STEEM? Where does that come from?
Glad you find it interesting! I probably spend too much time coding this than I should, but our Dapps need the support.
Right now, the creator or one of their supporters/viewers/listeners need to send one STEEM to @nebulus. This will change to SBD once the price of STEEM increases past 1 USD. We made this easy on our site nebulus.app with a form that builds a steemConnect link for the user.
A goal is to have the Dapps pay to have their users' content backed up instead of the creator. This will allow a similar user experience to the centralized alternatives for the Dapp user while allowing to keep the Dapps' server cost down.
This is a challenge however, since I am working on getting the nodes stable so anyone can start one and earn STEEM and don't have time to market this project as I should.
We have a Discord group where I hold voice chats to help explain the goals, ideas, and direction of the project. There is also a bot there that you can use to back up a Dtube video or Dsound track. Along with chats to ask questions and contribute to the project in whatever way a person's skill set brings value.
If you have any questions or want to chat about this more feel free to message
jrswab#3132on Discord orjrswabon steem.chat.Long Live STEEM!