RFC: Implement P2P for files

[filiptronicek]

For big files (1GB+) and for confidential files which should be kept secret, it's reasonable to assume that users would want a way of storing files without them ever being stored on a server. This will most likely be a pain to setup, but it is something I really believe in.

We could implement the logic behind https://file.pizza/, but I couldn't get it to work.

[filiptronicek]

We could also implement https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent, it is reliable and could be nice for some files, exactly like https://github.com/webtorrent/instant.io does it.

[bigint]

So the decentralised files don’t go down?

[filiptronicek]

They certainly do, they do down as soon as all the peers turn off Interclip in their browser.

[bigint]

Yup @filiptronicek that's what I exactly asked in #122 (comment) 😄

[filiptronicek]

Yes, the goal here is to have this work in poor network conditions and allow for uploading unlimited file sizes.

[bigint]

Who gonna pin my files uploaded in torrent?

[bigint]

This happens when it is not pinned 😄

IPFS is better

[filiptronicek]

Bruh man what? IPFS solves 0/2 problems I outlined in the discussion description.

[filiptronicek]

It's for the times when both of the devices are open with the file, not a month afterwards. They're temporary

[bigint]

woooh if temporary its ok 👍🏻