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by rxl 4139 days ago
Thanks! Really appreciate it.

1. The replication factor of the DHT is set to be high. 2. We'll be committed to seeding the network and will work with others to have them run nodes. 3. We will provide a full index of the DHT, so the data can be retrieved via our API as an alternative to checking the DHT (the data can be stored and mirrored anywhere, since it's hash-addressed).

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"We'll be committed to seeding the network and will work with others to have them run nodes."

What incentive do they have to run nodes? Bittorrent has the tit-for-tat mechanism. IPFS is planning on incentivizing nodes with filecoin.