Quick move to IPFS

[superphly]

Would it be possible to create a quick IPFS script to add our What.CD content? I'm thinking, if we have the hashes and metadata, we could at least create some sort of index and get some of the network/content back online.

Since IPFS storage is hash based, we should be able to tell one from another. Now we just need to have some sort of index that maps to artist/album/release/etc.

Anyone up for looking into this with me?

[superphly]

Looking into a few contracts like these as the starting point: https://github.com/yep/eth-tweet

[karamanolev]

This is interesting. I'm also thinking about stuff. We can probably discuss at some point.

[dewey]

@superphly Interesting idea, should we move this discussion to IRC or here? Leveraging all the meta data people have already in WhatManager would be cool to bootstrap a backup index of What content.

[superphly]

If @karamanolev is cool with us doing it here, I'd be game. Better record keeping.

First thing I'd suggest we do is look into a SmartContract solution that houses the metadata (partial?) that allows us to lookup artist/album/etc.

The question we need to ask is... do we need to map out What.CD's setup or do we sorta improve upon it and evolve the system?

[superphly]

Did some more thinking... what if we created a "WhatCoin", which would be a token on Ethereum. You're awarded a token for every album (aka torrent) you add to the system. Those tokens can then be used to download from other peers. Basically, the WhatCoin would replace the ratio system. You can buy tokens or earn tokens, either way. The contract owner (one of us) would have the ability to tune the parameters for how the coins get paid out.

Still mulling over things.

[superphly]

Then there's this thread: ipfs/kubo#1532

So let's say an album is being seeded by 1 person on IPFS. The 1 token is paid to the sole seeder. If two people are seeding, it's split 50/50 with those two. This incentivizes the network to seed. Similar system to ratio, I guess, but less dependent on transfer. I guess you could put a ton of content online and throttle the hell out of it and still get your (un)fair share of the reward.

Not sure if transfer can be accounted for on the network.

The merkle-tree stuff already breaks the chunks out pretty well.