Torrents identify groups of files, and different torrents with the same files will have different hashes and clients will download them from different peers, split across different trackers. IPFS identifies unique files, and all copies of the same files are available to all clients.
I think IPFS often unfairly gets lumped in with crypto bro shite but it seems to me like a pretty useful technology in many other contexts too.
Sorry if this is a dumb question but what does IPFS do that torrents can’t do?
Torrents identify groups of files, and different torrents with the same files will have different hashes and clients will download them from different peers, split across different trackers. IPFS identifies unique files, and all copies of the same files are available to all clients.
Thanks. That makes sense. I wonder why torrents couldn’t be somehow adapted for this use case though. They’re way more widespread than IPFS.