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40 pointsandrewxhill5 comments

We also wrote-up some of the motivations and benefits of the service. https://blog.textile.io/ipfs-experiments-creating-ipfs-links...

I wish ipfs wasn't so easy to block/censor. Would be surprised if anyone behind any major corp's(non-tech) work network can access it.

Why is ipfs so easy to block?

The hash table nature means any particular piece of information is hosted on a specific node or set of nodes.

An evildo-er can either DoS that node (which is someone's home PC, so very easy to DoS), or become that node by repeatedly joining the network until they end up by chance in that location.

All hashtable based systems have similar weaknesses. With no trusted nodes, and no way to stop an attacker pulling off a 51% type attack (making any voting system useless), it isn't really a solvable issue.

The bootstrap part,where it connects to ipfs.io or the "swarm" traffic which is very unique and easy to block.

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