Hey selfhosted fam, we are looking for those interested in helping host a distributed, Tahoe-LAFS file share for at least 6 months. Looking for at least 5 more people, but there is no limit on the number of nodes you can add. Our loose plan is everyone (8 people minimum) will put a small data share of around 32gb, which we will distribute amongst the volunteers. Tahoe is designed to not require trust, so that is by design.
Inspired by conversations at Linuxfest Northwest this last weekend. If interested, please do follow up. The main goal is simply to put something online for the next 6 months, which will survive the inevitable people dropping off or being replaced, even after the experiment concludes. Cheers either way for considering! Here is a simple form or you can join our Matrix chat. We are half way there on volunteers, but more are always welcome! Will be discussed on next episode of Linux Prepper podcast.
This just sounds like seeding an encrypted torrent with extra steps.
I’m noping out in this until I have a plausible explanation of what the data actually is, because I’m not hosting people’s CSAM collection for them.
It’s glowing in here…
Am I blind? Where is the docker-compose? J find references to it in the doc and in the PR’s but I don’t see it in the files.
How can you be sure someone is not storing CSAM on your server, if it’s encrypted?
It sounds like storj from a decade ago, but you got at least some monopoly money for your storage there. I don’t follow what they are doing nowadays but it started similarly
For what, exactly?
Interesting. I’ve been thinking about something like this for instances that use PeerTube. People could donate storage to PeerTube instances.
Hello, interesting!
So it is basically IPFS but you encrypt the data first?
If a node changes address, how is that handled?
Isn’t splitting up data making it just more vulnerable?
Please continue submitting questions! I will look into clarifying answers. Do see the documentation. FAQ is probably a good place to start: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/FAQ
Ok, but you came seeking us. Please do us the kindness of answering the question while also pointing us towards the FAQs.
I’m literally learning about it just like yourself.
Then why does the post say “we are looking” as if you are part of a group or team related to this?
Because multiple people asked about setting this up, so it is a group effort. Certainly doesn’t have to happen.
I think maybe you should just tell us what that 32GB is going to contain publicly, instead of dancing around questions with non-answers.
My understanding is there is no public. Only you have access to your data.
Your understanding is that you don’t understand what you’re trying to tout.
Which is telling, and hence my downvote. Toodle-pip
Right on
