Ask HN: Thoughts on using IPFS key to store an physical address in your database

3 points by sharemywin 3y ago ↗ HN

IPFS stores hashes to store data. what if you stored an address hash in your DB and then if you needed the physical address you could call an api or IPFS endpoint to get the details?

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recrudesce 3y ago ↗

Great and all, but you'd need the IPFS data pinned somewhere, else it'll get garbage collected after a while. And if you're pinning it to a specific server (such as one you're running), why not just store the actual data in the database instead ?