← Back to context Comment by skratlo 8 years ago Where is the Github on Blockchain project? 12 comments skratlo Reply osrec 8 years ago Why would a blockchain be necessary, (as opposed to a simpler distributed storage mechanism for git repos)? hobofan 8 years ago If you want to have a main canonical state of the "maintained" repo, that is mutable, similar to what we currently have with Github, a blockchain would be one way to achieve that. nyxtom 8 years ago Usually you can sign your work in a cryptographically verifiable way https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work 1 reply → osrec 8 years ago Not sure I understand - doesn't git provide all the functionality you need anyway? tbodt 8 years ago https://github.com/cryptix/git-remote-ipfs lgierth 8 years ago Better: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/igis && https://github.com/magik6k/git-remote-ipld voltagex_ 8 years ago How long does it take to clone linux.git from there? maltalex 8 years ago Ha! cosmicmove 8 years ago http://oscoin.io/ a team in Berlin is working on it for some time. johnhenry 8 years ago https://github.com/axic/mango saagarjha 8 years ago Git?
osrec 8 years ago Why would a blockchain be necessary, (as opposed to a simpler distributed storage mechanism for git repos)? hobofan 8 years ago If you want to have a main canonical state of the "maintained" repo, that is mutable, similar to what we currently have with Github, a blockchain would be one way to achieve that. nyxtom 8 years ago Usually you can sign your work in a cryptographically verifiable way https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work 1 reply → osrec 8 years ago Not sure I understand - doesn't git provide all the functionality you need anyway?
hobofan 8 years ago If you want to have a main canonical state of the "maintained" repo, that is mutable, similar to what we currently have with Github, a blockchain would be one way to achieve that. nyxtom 8 years ago Usually you can sign your work in a cryptographically verifiable way https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work 1 reply → osrec 8 years ago Not sure I understand - doesn't git provide all the functionality you need anyway?
nyxtom 8 years ago Usually you can sign your work in a cryptographically verifiable way https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work 1 reply →
tbodt 8 years ago https://github.com/cryptix/git-remote-ipfs lgierth 8 years ago Better: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/igis && https://github.com/magik6k/git-remote-ipld voltagex_ 8 years ago How long does it take to clone linux.git from there? maltalex 8 years ago Ha!
lgierth 8 years ago Better: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/igis && https://github.com/magik6k/git-remote-ipld
Why would a blockchain be necessary, (as opposed to a simpler distributed storage mechanism for git repos)?
If you want to have a main canonical state of the "maintained" repo, that is mutable, similar to what we currently have with Github, a blockchain would be one way to achieve that.
Usually you can sign your work in a cryptographically verifiable way https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work
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Not sure I understand - doesn't git provide all the functionality you need anyway?
https://github.com/cryptix/git-remote-ipfs
Better: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/igis && https://github.com/magik6k/git-remote-ipld
How long does it take to clone linux.git from there?
Ha!
http://oscoin.io/ a team in Berlin is working on it for some time.
https://github.com/axic/mango
Git?