iotaFS/README.md

# iotaFS

A FUSE-based FS that stores your stuff on the IOTA-Tangle (comparable to the Bitcoin Blockchain) for free! (Well, you pay with POW...)

## main.py

Fully functional poc, but has horrible performance.


## next.py

Non yet functional and I'm also no longer working on it.
Changes compared to main.py:
 - switched to libfuse3
 - switched to a async model
 - switched to object-oriented class-structure
 - switched to a way more efficient delta & milestone system
 - appending data to files without a re-upload possible, if file has not been closed
   (and therefore the last block is still unsealed)
 - incremental r/w-keypair in directory-structure: mounting point in the fs can be choosen and a single folder (and all contained files / folders ) can be shared with someone else simply by giving them the r/w-keypair and last known milestone-pointer (address) for the folder
 - sharing a folder in read-only mode by only giving them the r-key and the last known milestone-pointer
 - did I mention it has 1000x better performance?

Development was stopped, because a iota-snapshot will remove the fs (next AND main) from the tangle and require the data to be bought from a fullnode.
If a transitional grace-period for snaphots gets implemented this could be circumvented by implementing a refresh, which would

 - make a forced full milestone of the Genesis
 - rewrite all files

But until such a thing is implemented I dont see the point in continuing the development on what essentially was only ment to be a poc.