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Can this enable following scenario:

I've a 10 GB file I want to share with the world. But my bandwidth is usual cable modem and I certainly can't take on 100,000 simultaneous download. Does protocol in Upspin enable peer-to-peer file sharing so I can share large files with the world while still on limited bandwidth?

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In Upspin you typically store your files in a remote server somewhere on the net (our default implementation uses Google Cloud Storage as its storage backend), which is something you need to pay for.

The solution to the problem you describe is BitTorrent.

Dat just put out a desktop application. unlike BT it supports mutable archives.

https://datproject.org

Awesome! Mac only for now though :(

or IPFS.

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