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		geoah on May 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: IPFS-Deploy – Zero-Config CLI to Deploy S... In torrent when you download something you also announce yourself as a seeder. In ipfs afaik you have to explicitly pin something in order for your peer to be announced as a provider. This means that even if your content in ipfs is popular it won’t be fast.

progval on May 2, 2019 [–]

No, everyone with the item is a seeder in ipfs. Pinning means the node won't delete it.

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