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"IPFS is essentially a huge torrent, but you can easily download/seed only a part of that torrent"
reddit.com/r/ipfs/comments/8qb

"BitTorrent started out without a DHT, and so requires metadata and a torrent file to start downloading.

IPFS has a unique, global DHT as a matter of principle, and so, only requires the hash of the file to start downloading. Everyone gets the same bootstrap nodes, and then is part of the same DHT, with a common lookup mechanism relying on Kademlia.

On the other hand, I feel like IPFS is not as advanced as dat in relevant ways. IPFS is not good for file edition, while dat has systems that simplify modification of even large files and merging of structured files. "
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1

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