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		Kubuxu on Oct 23, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IPFS is the Distributed Web You need just one node to send you the right data. No need for the majority.

viraptor on Oct 23, 2016 [–]

You need a reasonable number of nodes. Likely a large majority. Otherwise you'll just keep redownloading garbage data and discarding it. And likely doing it slower than bad nodes can leave/rejoin the network with new ips.

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