They’re pointing out a proposal that some nodes can block pins, resulting in censorship
and that censorship at all would compromise the point of IPFS
although I disagree with both of those takes. Nodes always had discretion in IPFS, just pick a different node or pin something yourself which has pretty much always been required. Everyone can route to your pinned files while pinned.
Sadly, IPFS is compromised[0].
0. https://specs.ipfs.tech/ipips/ipip-0383/
What does this mean and compromised in which sense?
They’re pointing out a proposal that some nodes can block pins, resulting in censorship
and that censorship at all would compromise the point of IPFS
although I disagree with both of those takes. Nodes always had discretion in IPFS, just pick a different node or pin something yourself which has pretty much always been required. Everyone can route to your pinned files while pinned.
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