[HexDecOctBin]

> there are also completely different data structures that would be appropriate for larger bits of data.

Can you talk a little bit about this? My assumption was that the only way to deal with large files properly was to go back to centralised VCS, I'd be interested to hear what different data structures could obviate the issue.

[funcDropShadow]

One way to deal with large binary files is git-annex, it is as decentralized as git. But I dare say it lost to git-lfs, because Github and co weren't interested in hosting it.