CID concept is broken (discuss.ipfs.tech)
from onlinepersona@programming.dev to programming@programming.dev on 11 May 2024 13:51
https://programming.dev/post/13932359

TL;DR IPFS’s “content addresses” don’t actually address the content but a tree of the content stored in a protocol buffer, making it impossible to convert a hash to a content address.

DHT of CIDs? More like a Distributed Table of Lies!

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refalo@programming.dev on 22 May 2024 00:28 collapse

It was always doomed from the start for several reasons IMO. The current design also causes it to get slower as the network gets larger…