Imagine you created a torrent (and/or magnet link) with a file and then stopped seeding after some time. If it was popular it will probably live on, if not then eventually it disappears.
replyThanks! Yeah, I kind of figured that was still the case. Not really any use cases I have that I would feel comfortable with that paradigm, but I'm glad it's available!
replyIs that not the same with anything published to the internet. For example I could keep your comment published and available for as long as I had interest in doing so despite any effort you may take to remove it from HN. I mean I guess tech like ipfs and bittorrent try to automate this process(keeping something on the internet as long as there is interest) but you let something out on the internet it could stay there a long while. Or it could go poof and disappear, it depends on how much interest there is in the subject.
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