u/Simple_Piccolo_1951

I’ve been thinking about a decentralized public information network where published information keeps its original timestamp, source, original version, and modification history, while no single platform can completely erase that history.

The more I think about it, the more technical problems I find:

* How can we preserve important information long-term without requiring every node to store everything?
* If AI can generate millions of files, how do we prevent the network from being flooded with useless data?
* How can we prove where information came from without claiming that the information itself is true?
* How can we incentivize people to contribute storage and bandwidth for years?
* How do we prevent people from creating fake nodes just to abuse the incentive system?
* How could copyright work if the network is designed to preserve historical records?
* How can decentralized search work without creating another central authority?

I’m not claiming I have solved these problems. I’m trying to figure out which of these already have good solutions through existing technologies like P2P, decentralized storage, content provenance, etc., and which problems may be fundamentally difficult.

I’d really like to hear from people who have worked with IPFS, Filecoin, P2P networks, distributed storage, or content provenance.

What am I missing?

I’m thinking about a public information network where no single platform can permanently delete published content.

The biggest problem I see is storage. Having every node store everything obviously doesn’t scale.

Would a model where users/nodes voluntarily replicate important files, combined with economic incentives for long-term storage, be realistic?

What existing projects or protocols already solve this problem?

I’ve been thinking about an idea and I’d like some honest feedback.

What if we used existing blockchain, P2P and decentralized storage technologies to build a public information network?

For example, someone uploads a photo or video. The system records the original file, timestamp, source and history, while multiple independent nodes keep copies.

A platform could delete it from its own website, but it wouldn’t be able to erase the record from the entire network.

I’m not trying to create a new blockchain. I’m wondering if existing technologies can be combined into something that normal people can actually use without knowing anything about blockchain or P2P.

I’m still only researching the idea, so I’d really like to hear criticism.

Has this already been fully solved? What are the biggest technical or practical problems? And would normal people actually use something like this?