From what I can understand the data itself is on peers distributed once it hits the network?
As far as when its needed it will show up??? Right Shill sounding advice to me
IPFS allows users to not only receive but host content, in a similar manner to BitTorrent. As opposed to a centrally located server, IPFS is built around a decentralized system of user-operators who hold a portion of the overall data, creating a resilient system of file storage and sharing. Any user in the network can serve a file by its content address, and other peers in the network can find and request that content from any node who has it using a distributed hash table (DHT).
>>10039883 (You) pb Protect from censorship - Anon suggests setting up IPFS
FYI, while IPFS is a step forward and would be helpful, what it does is decentralize the metadata and location of a file, but not the actual file itself. While you can choose the source locations to save data (encrypt it!), it is still centralized data. It does no good to decentralize the file name and address location only to store the file on Amazon Web Services, Google Drive, or even on your neighbor's computer. Encrypted or not, there's a universe of vectors to get at centralized data that still have have such a large attack surface
There is a better platform coming soon. Inspired by blockchain ideas, but pre-Bitcoin. IPFS is a work-around for the moment. It will show up when the right time requires it.
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmTRSXvyN16JaAJszX5PdMcCunvpWxd4hfuGuzsC9fU7CD CV5G.