Could BitTorrent Sync be used for p2p storage?
We are actually in the process of using this for physical/encrypted invoicing from Individual to Business/Business to Business etc...
Otherwise this sounds useful! Should it perhaps specify more of the storage service? e.g. how much data can you expect to store, how would such a service be compensated? how would you know which service(s) you're using?
The last in particular seems to be a tough question... but in general we should probably try to specify a "minimum interoperable unit", and I'm not sure if the message alone is terribly interesting.
That would be nice, but can be added as an additional server-side BIP after a couple of actual implementation (and if people really want to produce generalized API).
[Hm. Wow, a synchronizing server would be super cool for this, if we had a good way of avoiding abuse.]
Maybe some proof of work would do? However, I'd prefer some payment scheme built-in. So we could pay a little bit upfront for X uploads and therefore has some incentive for the server to stick around when we need to retrieve the data. Maybe the payment is better be done afterwards. Or with some sort of 2-of-2 bilateral deposit.
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ASIC-8Tile - We are trying to get away from servers.