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Is hosting on my blockchain considered "selfhosting"? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by NewOCLibraryReddit@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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I created a tool to host data for individuals on a blockchain. Is this considered "self hosting"?

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[–] bitspace@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No.

[–] NewOCLibraryReddit@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

why?

[–] bitspace@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is every node on the blockchain under your control? If so, either you have a huge network or you have a useless blockchain. If not, then it's not self-hosted.

[–] NewOCLibraryReddit@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If I am the only one who knows where my data is, and the only one who can decrypt the data, I'll consider that self hosted.

[–] cdemi@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

So if I host my data on Google Drive and encrypt it and tell no one, that's selfhosting?

[–] Tripanafenix@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Why bother asking if you know it better?