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by dane-pgp 1545 days ago
I think it's not a bad article, especially for someone new to blogging. You don't claim to have all the answers, and that's okay. The article was a good length, and well presented, without any unnecessary JavaScript or adverts.

> On the other hand there is more permanency than previously on Web 2.0.

Is that necessarily the case with Web 3.0? Certainly any data stored on-chain is likely to be more permanent, in practice, than in current architectures, but the on-chain data might just be a hash, or possibly even a zero knowledge proof.

> These systems enable anyone to host a node in the network and participate the in decentralization.

You might want to fix that typo.

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Hey thanks for the feedback! What I meant by the first statement was that these systems are immutable. For example, IPFS stores any files permanently and they can’t be modified.

Thanks for spotting the typo!

> IPFS stores any files permanently and they can’t be modified.

You may be interested to learn about its Mutable File System[0] then, and about federalist[1] which uses decentralized mutable torrents (BEP 46).

[0] https://docs.ipfs.io/concepts/file-systems/

[1] https://github.com/publiusfederalist/federalist