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Are there any alternatives to the Internet Archive that are built around P2P, so that everyone can contribute to hosting/sharing web archives? Seems like having all these important archives hosted by (andrew.masto.host)
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Are there any alternatives to the Internet Archive that are built around P2P, so that everyone can contribute to hosting/sharing web archives? Seems like having all these important archives hosted by a single organization isn't the best idea for longevity/redundancy

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[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I figured that every node would need to scrap the site, in order to validate the content. If there are thousands of nodes, that would ddos the site.

with cryptocurrencies the blockchain is distributed, its not stored centrally. your idea could work similarly