Maybe I’m too dumb and don’t understand but it seems to me it’s just like that but with end to end encryption and hashing.
I’m all for it but I’ve just been curious as to what all the hype was about
Well, because it uses a content-addressed hash, you don’t need to manage .torrent files or anything.
Also, if people make two torrents with the same files, and you download one of them, it only downloads from people who seed that torrent, not from people seeding the other torrent with the same files. Since IPFS has content addressed hashes each file, you can download from anyone who has that file.
IPFS is much easier for someone to block and moderate as it isn’t designed to be all that censorship resistant.
If you are looking for some “after market” content IPFS isn’t what you want. If you are looking for something that could been the future of CDNs then then maybe it is for you.
