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AWS is Down - This is Why We Need Decentralised Storage like Storj etc by thecryptofiend

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AWS is Down - This is Why We Need Decentralised Storage like Storj etc
https://vimeo.com/102119715
<center><h6>A Video About [Storj](https://storj.io/) - A decentralised Cloud Storage Platform</h6></center>
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<center><h1>AWS is Down</h1></center>
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### In case you haven't heard yet, AWS (Amazon Web Services) is down.

If you are trying to make a post and are having difficultly adding images this is the reason why.

Whilst all the text information for Steemit is held on the blockchain, images take up too much space to do this.

Like many other web companies Steemit currently uses AWS to store images.

Since so many websites use AWS a lot of websites are having similar issues.

### The huge success of AWS represents a single point of failure which can bring down a large chunk of the web.

This highlights why we need decentralised storage in general.

Whether it is due to a DDOS attack, server outage, or malware attack we need more resilient systems everywhere.

Further I think blockchain technologies like Steemit which are built on a decentralised ethos should really be embracing this as soon as possible to highlight the advantages.

### I know that it is only images that aren't working but to the average punter who has grown up on rich web content it may as well all be gone.

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<center><h1>Solutions</h1></center>
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### Personally I am most familiar with Storj as I invested in their ICO a couple of years back.  I have also encountered IPFS.

Storj attempts to decentralise storage by letting people rent out space on their own hard drives in exchange for Storj tokens.   IPFS is slightly different.

Juan Benet has an explanation of how [IPFS (Inter Planetary File System)](https://ipfs.io/) would work in the following video:

<iframe width="854" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/skMTdSEaCtA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

From what I understand IPFS is a bit more ambitious as it tries to create an entire protocol level of decentralisation but please correct me if I am misunderstanding.

### Anyway even without knowing the nitty gritty of it I think it is pretty obvious why we need these kinds of systems.

A huge chunk of our lives is currently stored in centralised servers.  Their failure can in certain circumstances bring modern life to a halt and this will only become more problematic as more and more services move online.


<center><h1>What do you think?</center></h1>
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@ace108 ·
I never got this upload image direct to work and have also been having problem submitting post. Strange. I sign off, clear cache and could not sign on IE again. So, I'm leaving my Chrome signed in to do the upvoted but could not Submit post. Then on another network, I could signin on IE and post. Later on, cannot post again. Guess still in beta have to have less expectation.
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@thecryptofiend ·
I have been having similar issues lately with lots of disconnections, generally slow behaviour.  Not sure what is up it started before the AWS problems.  Further I thought the AWS problems were sorted but there still seem to be issues with some things.
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@ace108 ·
Thanks for your reply. Good to know that it is not that it's not liking me only.
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@barrydutton ·
I finally managed to beat the bot and give you a 100% UV finally after most of the last 3 weeks. I wonder if I will be flagged by a whale for my generosity.
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@thecryptofiend ·
Lol!
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@barrydutton ·
I posted on the Russian Steemit site an hour ago.  I am getting sick of the whale nonsense on here.  

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@eroche ·
I had posted on this topic a while back, all my photos in that post were uploaded to IPFS. During this blackout I went back to that post to see if my photos in that post were accessible and they weren't, surprisingly. 

I am not sure if IPFS is the solution. In theory its great and Juan Benets video really makes you enthusiastic but its been a while coming and its still not here in a big way. Storj or Maidsafe or Sia may be better solutions.
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@thecryptofiend ·
That is because Steemit isn't directly linking to photos.  It copies them and uploads them to AWS instead.  That is probably why it stopped working for you.  True IPFS integration or Storj integration would get around that.
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@eroche ·
That is a interesting and is very restrictive especially when you cant edit old posts.
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@gamer00 ·
I personally have a hard time understanding where the extra hd space and bandwidth should come. One problem with a decentralized crypto storage is that many files will eventually be duplicates, but can't be treated as duplicates, but as individual files. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you encrypt a file once, and someone else encrypts the same file in a different location it will not be recognised as the same file anymore, right?

The way I see it many of these technologies don't account for redundant files that hog up space, where as they could be identified as identical from the get-go and then replicated with the same identifier, so whenever someone needs that file, they don't need to go after their own copy, but they can use the same copy everyone else is. That would free resources for all; storage, bandwidth **and** the search algorithm.
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@hagbardceline ·
MaidSafe actually already tackles this problem as can be seen here (https://maidsafe.net/features.html). I quote: "Once a file is uploaded, other users who upload the same file will be automatically referred to the original, limiting the number of copies and reducing the computing resources needed to store it."
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@gamer00 · (edited)
Thanks for the info. I need to check out MaidSafe, I wonder if they are out of closed beta yet.

*Edit: Aah, I see they are in Alpha. "\*Data in alpha 1 may get lost or be wiped" isn't very assuring. Hopefully they'll release a production ready version soon.*
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@thecryptofiend · (edited)
>One problem with a decentralized crypto storage is that many files will eventually be duplicates, but can't be treated as duplicates, but as individual files. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you encrypt a file once, and someone else encrypts the same file in a different location it will not be recognised as the same file anymore, right?

That makes sense to me but I am not an expert in cryptography - perhaps there is some way around it that a more intelligent and knowledgeable person can think of that doesn't also break the encryption.

Otherwise it would certainly seem to be a problem in terms of duplicating redundant information.

Very intelligent point thank you for bringing it up.
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@gutzofter ·
Storj is not ready for primetime IMHO. Please see my **[post](https://steemit.com/storj/@gutzofter/the-kraken-is-hungry-feed-me-seymour)**. TY
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@thecryptofiend ·
Thanks yes it is probably not ready yet but I'm sure they are working on those issues.  If they don't do it someone else will.
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@gutzofter ·
You are right. Another issue to think about is how do you know where to connect to the network? Right now we use DNS to connect us, but that is centrally. This past year we've has DDOS attacks on them.
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@justinashby ·
Maidsafe.net is the same isn't it?
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@thecryptofiend ·
Don't quote me on it but I think it is trying to achieve the same sort of thing.
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@justinashby ·
Couldn't someone farm maid and mine steem on the same node?
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@wingz ·
Maidsafe is a more ambitious project than storj. Storj are just trying to take on AWS.
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@lighteye ·
Evolution of the net became clearly visible.
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@thecryptofiend ·
Yes and from my (limited) understanding that is what IPFS is aiming to do but until we get it things like Storj are a good alternative/addition.
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@loveluvlov ·
I learned a lot from this. As you spoke and just before you explained about "burning a book" I was doing exactly that! I believe I have burnt my last book, intentionally.
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@merej99 ·
What you said makes perfect sense @thecryptofiend
I know that I am more comfortable with media rich content and the outage literally prevented me from posting content because I'm just that programmed.  But alas, that end of technology does need to catch up with the times though I am at a complete loss how that might be achieved.
ps - I just followed you on Twitter. :D
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@thecryptofiend ·
Thanks:)
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@nik9 ·
Thanks for shining a light on a fundamental issue. Appreciated ;)
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@thecryptofiend ·
You're welcome:)
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@personz ·
Couldn't agree more, kind of embarrassing for a so-called decentralized service. MaidSafe could also be a possibility
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@sneak ·
steemit.com is not decentralized and has never claimed to be, fwiw.

It is a single site, run by a single company, subject to a single country's jurisdiction.
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@thecryptofiend ·
Yes.  I think Steemit images are working again at least - Sneak said they would switch something on the backend until it recovered.  Completely forgot about Maidsafe BTW thanks for reminding me.  I think also was Alexandria trying to do something similar too?
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@personz ·
No problem 🙂 Haven't heard of Alexandria, got a link?
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@remlaps ·
I used to use symform.  Donate 2G of local storage to the cloud, get 1G of cloud storage for free.  Very simple set-up.  It was a sad day for me when they shut that service down.

I rent my hard drive to storj now, but it's not very friendly as a storage provider for windows.  So far, I haven't been willing to spend the time it would take me to figure out how to do it.  Same issue with ipfs.  I'm looking forward to when those platforms become more useable.
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@thecryptofiend ·
Yes it is early days. I haven't tested Storj yet but I think I will just to see what it is like.  We need all this yesterday basically.  The sad thing is as soon as the current issues are resolved most people will forget about the problem (until it happens again).
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@shayne ·
Thanks! I was wondering what was up. Been seeing AWS all over. Learned something today!

Upvoted

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@thecryptofiend ·
Thank you.  I actually first noticed it on some other websites too:)
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@sneak ·
Only one component of AWS, S3 was down, and I'm not sure how occasional and infrequent downtime dictates some need for a decentralized alternative.

99.9% of the time, S3 is amazing and works great. Decentralization is great but there is a complexity and overhead tradeoff. I think it's the future but a small outage does not suddenly mean we *require* decentralized storage.
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@thecryptofiend ·
>I think it's the future but a small outage does not suddenly mean we require decentralized storage.

Interesting.  So you would prefer to wait until the problem was more serious before you deal with it?

Classic contemporary thinking.

http://gunshowcomic.com/comics/20130109.png

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@sneak ·
Considering that we'd be engineering for the 0.01% case, I think you are being a bit hyperbolic.

If anything, with each outage S3 becomes more robust and reliable, so the problem shrinks over time.
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@son-of-satire ·
If such a service could be developed, that made us of the Steem blockchain to determine what information is stored on what hard drives.. That could be really great STEEM. 

If that's even possible, that is. My developer knowledge is rather abysmal.
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@thecryptofiend ·
It is probably better than mine lol!  Yes something like that would be good but I don't know enough about the technicalities of doing it.
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@son-of-satire ·
I doubt that. You seem pretty tech savvy from what I have seen. You are just being modest again...
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@steevc ·
We definitely need this. Looks like there are a few technologies to do it.
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@thecryptofiend ·
Thanks, yes they are coming and they are definitely needed:)
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@williambanks ·
IPFS is basically the love child of git and bitorrent.
I've used it, it works well.  But my preference right now is for https://zeronet.io/

I find the adjustments they made to the IPFS protocol to be more secure and more scalable.

The big problem with all of these storage schemes though is that your data can age out of the system.  In the case of Storjx if you don't pay the bill, you lose your data, simple as that.

This makes it unsuitable for long term storage.

All of them though eventually fall back to AWS S3 or something similar and this leaves us with the cloud problem.
https://xkcd.com/908/
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_cloud.png

The only solution to that is going to be the adoption of content addressable networks and a change in internet topology to open mesh networks.  That will require the realization that unlimited high speed internet is as fundamental to the modern human experience as electricity was to the previous generation and water to the generation before that.

Until we have those things in place, we will keep facing these same problems.
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@merej99 ·
I love how informed you are about this @williambanks
I've never been introduced to ANY of this until I joined Steemit and I've realized on several occasions how little I know.
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@thecryptofiend ·
Thank you so much for your enlightened words @williambanks - I was not aware of those issues.  I am very much guided in these sorts of things by more knowledgeable people like yourself.  I will check out Zeronet.  Also love XKCD!
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@wingz ·
Just what I was thinking storj are attempting to go head to head with AWS. Did you manage to get involved with the equity offering recently?
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@thecryptofiend ·
Not this time around! It wasn't really on my radar - I still have some of my tokens not much but I always keep some just in case something explodes.
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