from the data-that's-even-farther-outside-your-control dept.
Lockheed Martin is working with the Filecoin Foundation to demonstrate a blockchain network in space, the organizations announced May 23 at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Joe Landon [...] said the goal of the project is to develop a mission to demonstrate the Interplanetary File System, or IPFS, in space.
IPFS is an open-source network that stores information that can be shared by users. The Filecoin Foundation is an independent organization that facilitates governance of the Filecoin network — a blockchain-based cryptocurrency and digital payment system that builds on top of the IPFS.
Landon said critical infrastructure is needed in space for accessing and sharing data. "We need to develop the technology to support a long-term presence in space without having to rely entirely on Earth-based communications and data storage," he said.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Thexalon on Thursday May 26 2022, @11:08AM (1 child)
When alien scientists come to visit the ruins of Earth, they'll have these data disks floating in space around it containing all that's left of life and civilization on an otherwise desolate planet, and be trying to figure out what this valuable information was.
After spending a while using advanced hypermathematics to decode whatever is on there and sorting out the language it is written in, they'll be left with the following profound message, the last one humanity ever recorded: "We apologize for the inconvenience."
"Think of how stupid the average person is. Then realize half of 'em are stupider than that." - George Carlin
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 26 2022, @12:12PM
Billions and billions of Compuserve disks.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday May 26 2022, @11:27AM
no one can ̶h̶e̶a̶r̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶s̶c̶r̶e̶a̶m̶ recover your data.
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 26 2022, @11:37AM (5 children)
The blockchain has not served any purpose on earth. LET'S PUT IT IN SPACE.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 26 2022, @12:02PM
HODL HODL HODL!!!
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday May 26 2022, @05:13PM (3 children)
To be fair, it sounds like this one would base the blockchain on proof-of-storage(?) and would therefore be based on providing something of value.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Thursday May 26 2022, @11:23PM (2 children)
IPFS [wikipedia.org] has been around for a while. I dunno about Filecoin [wikipedia.org], but it is cool that they gave a bunch of it to the Internet Archive.
What I'd really like to see are 100+ TB optical discs that are cheap and widespread in the hands of ordinary people:
https://medium.com/arch-mission-foundation/arch-mission-foundation-announces-our-payload-on-spacex-falcon-heavy-c4c9908d5dd1 [medium.com]
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 27 2022, @05:57AM (1 child)
360TB on one 3.75 inch disk?
The MAFIAA will throw a hissyfit!
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday May 27 2022, @07:21AM
MAFIAA can't even take down the free streaming websites. I've been using some of the same ones for years.
But yes, imagine the power of that sneakernet.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Thursday May 26 2022, @11:41AM (3 children)
the more I'm convinced the world runs more and more on pure bullshit.
(Score: 2, Informative) by FuzzyTheBear on Thursday May 26 2022, @02:55PM (1 child)
Some still want to vote for the grand master bullshitter .. the fatberg that was in that white house ..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 28 2022, @01:33AM
You spoke ill of Dear Leader, that is a thought crime and must be punished with further troll mods!! Long live FuhrerTrump!!@@!!!@@!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 27 2022, @02:46AM
I'd like to coin a new term for all this bullshit:
"Mediaocrity".
I grant use of this word to the public domain.