> They have already built out IPFS -- a popular decentralized file sharing protocol.
How popular? Who uses it?
How popular? Who uses it?
Not saying everyone does this, but I doubt my behaviour is rare and I wouldn't read too much into github stars as they are too cheap to create. Look for actual use.
The most stared project I helped create has +5k stars from hitting the HN frontpage a few times, and there are very few actual users (by now probably none).
IPFS has compared to that much healthier growth, and for the number of stars they have a pretty decent userbase from what I can gather.
My biggest client at the minute is dtube.video but there are audio "clones" and document based clones in development that I'm aware of too.
Especially for a new a fairly new protocol, I'd say IPFS is popular.
Instead of proof of work mining that burns tons of electricity, storing and distributing files will become a new kind of useful mining.
That's a big deal.