I want to define a share drive on Bitcoin that I can map to…
I want to define a share drive on Bitcoin that I can map to using Windows 10 or Linux. We actually can modify files on Bitcoin. It's just when you modify a file you have to write a "diff". The file is the original with all the diffs applied.
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Maybe we need a new file system format? One tuned to be most efficient with space usage when a file change happens? Or just build it on top of an existing file system?
Not sure what’s best approach, but the idea is sound and will happen, if not already.
Or how about letting file changes happen in overpool and every 24 hours accumulated/compressed/final change is modified from previous 24 hour file change and saved onchain? Saving space and money.
PowPing is my inspiration for this.
That is an interesting hack. Would be better to come up with something less of a hack. Most of the time a change leaves most of the file unchanged. A file format that that works like a tape backup would work well.
The implication is not easy. The file modified difference depends on the file format. And also the file is modified off chain, the app doesn't know you already uploaded the same file.
So you should develop a git-like system to track all your on chain files, and the git-like system client will diff the difference and push the difference and the version track.