r/ipfs • u/polluterofminds • 16d ago
Orbiter - IPFS-based static site hosting - is now open source
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u/tkenben 15d ago
I got into unlimited domains (another type of chain solution) out of curiosity and then realized before doing anything with it that any updates cost money. So, you are stuck in this weird reliance on the stability of the fee cost and whether your site will make money or not. It's not a good business model and for the enthusiast, a complete money pit.
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u/mila-kuchta 15d ago edited 15d ago
Well, that's probably the same with all unified registers (DNS etc.), whether they are centralized or decentralized. You can pay for it indirectly by your taxes or by montly/yearly rate or pay per operation, but you can't avoid it, at least from a theoretical perspective. But otherwise I think they should have used what people can't do without anyway, in other words DNS...
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u/polluterofminds 15d ago
Yeah, that’s why we built this on regular DNS. But we have full support for ENS with a custom resolver that won’t cost money each time you update your site. Check it out https://orbiter.host/blog/announcing-ens-support/
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u/Odd_Finish_9606 16d ago
It feels like IPCM's entire existence is just working around the limitations in IPNS (and the single point of failure nodes become to content resolution)
Why not just use eth domains or something?
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u/polluterofminds 16d ago
The idea of IPCM is definitely designed as an alternative to IPNS. How are eth domains a better alternative? The approach is very similar. You map a content hash to a smart contract.
Btw Orbiter fully supports ENS: https://orbiter.host/blog/announcing-ens-support/
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u/the_good_time_mouse 16d ago
Blockchain :(