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by bofh23
1710 days ago
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> This ensures that the media file that a NFT represents, will always be available, since it is hosted by many people on the network. I’m pretty sure this is incorrect. IPFS is not permanent storage unless you host the content yourself or pay a pining service to host it. It may be cached on many computers but those caches are finite and get cleared. Persistence | IPFS Docs
https://docs.ipfs.io/concepts/persistence/#long-term-storage «
Long-term storage Storing data using a personal IPFS node is easy, but it can be inconvenient since you have to manage your own hardware. […] […] paying a pinning service to store data is a convenient workaround, it still requires someone to bear the cost of storing that data. […] While IPFS guarantees that any content on the network is discoverable, it doesn't guarantee that any content is persistently available.
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