Subgoal 2 latest sub2goals:
- backup my filecoin key
- make a system for backing up deal ids and hashes (data can be recovered
from numeric deal id)
- begin uploading things that aren't backed up
- verify a valued thing can be redownloaded from fresh install, on a
different system, over tor
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On Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 6:10 AM Karl wrote:
> Subgoal 2 latest sub2goals:
> - backup my filecoin key
> - make a system for backing up deal ids and hashes (data can be recovered
> from numeric deal id)
> - begin uploading things that aren't backed up
> - verify a valued thing can be redownloaded
Subgoal replacements for subgoal 2:
- backup my filecoin key
- identify what information is needed to recover files starting from a
fresh install
- begin uploading things that aren't backed up
>
Subgoal 2:
If helpful:
- infura filecoin docs are at https://infura.io/docs/filecoin
- the other host uses email to request a node
- digitalocean was the filecoin-recommended cloud provider
>
Update for subgoal 2:
- Documentation regarding lotus's "lite" mode is at
https://docs.filecoin.io/build/lotus/lotus-lite/
- The example node given there is api.chain.love
- glif.io and infura.io may provide nodes for pay
[side note: there is another free example node mentioned somewhere, not
Subgoal 2: Use filecoin to back up my confused/corrupt data right now
Reason: this lets me repurpose my harddrives and opens my options
Concern: filecoin likes having a beefy system to run. Many gigabytes of
ram.
[Side question: is there an existing hash database of operating system
install
Update for subgoal 1
>
Options:
- datacoin has very cheap rates. Its hashrate is low and there is no easy
automatable interface, but it's pay-once. It's designed for small-medium
data.
- bitcoinsv stn is pay-once and is designed for gigabytes of data.
Uploading may require running a full node
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Subgoal: Make or use a way to back data up to a pay-once blockchain
Reason 1: If a monthly fee is required I may lose data if I am not
available to pay some month
Reason 2: The only pay-monthly data chain I am aware of with reasonable
pricing is filecoin, and filecoin does not have a storage
