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		dubcanada on July 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Filecoin – Data storage network and crypto-currenc... Does "Renting disk space" not sound extremely sketchy to anyone else?

_prometheus on July 18, 2014 [–]

Does "Renting your spare room" (airbnb) or "Renting your car" (uber) sound sketchy? It's all about how the protocol works and the security guarantees on top. Users should store pre-encrypted files. (except for public goods, like wikipedia)

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