Creating a P2P Digital File Library — the Who, the How, the Why
In one of our first posts we outlined the most notable problems with online file storage and sharing and briefly mentioned our ambitious plan to solve them by creating the Files.fm Library. In this article we will briefly introduce the main concepts and technological aspects involved in creating it. Files.fm Library will combine all existing files.fm services into one large-scale file catalogue and marketplace, storing both copyright-free materials that will be accessible to everyone and copyrighted files that users will be able to buy straight from the owners. We will do this by supplementing existing files.fm infrastructure with P2P downloads straight from the web browser, a blockchain payment system, an advanced AI search engine, and a rewards system for users who upload, seed, tag and sort files. Files.fm Library (FFL) will be a free to use hybrid-decentralized data library, built and maintained through the collective efforts of the community. FFL aims to provide spac...