Make a time capsule of Moby's life and process for it to last as long as humanly possible

[diegoripley]

This is pretty painful to write as I deeply regret how he died (I noticed the signs but was in my head so much that I ignored the signs), but cathartic at the same time.

Goals:

• I want this data to last for as long as humanly possible, so if I can find a way to upload it through Zenodo (ex. if I need to write a journal article), so be it. Put on Internet Archive, Zenodo, Source Cooperative, and other P2P methods. Create a torrent of it, put on my Cloudflare Storage, Tigris, make offline media archives (ex. M-Disk, USB, HDD), and a KISS process keep sync between all distribution methods
• Create an interactive timeline, from start to end. Yes, even include the video I made when he died

TODO

• Convert all images/videos to optimal file formats for long-term storage, while keeping metadata
• Run it as a case-study for the resilient data distribution method I am designing
• How can I use an Archival Resource Key (ARK) with what I am creating here? I want this to be a case study
• Think about how I can use libp2p and ipfs to allow anyone that views anything to do with Moby (ex. images, videos, metadata, my future writings about him) to contribute to the resilient system, whether it be via a browser (ex. using webrtc to coordinate sharing), mobile devices (ex. IPFS runs on all OSs), etc
• Tie it all with metadata
• Think about how I would create a time capsule. Things can last pretty long if they are kept at constant temperatures and not exposed to things. Look into case studies of how it is done. I know data can be converted to sound, but how about edging data into a cave. Gemini tells me that the oldest cave painting is 51,200 years; I'd be extremely happy with that level of longevity
• Write a poem about Moby: how I felt about him, how he felt about me, etc. I'm not the best with words but I think I can put something together
• Write short stories and long stories of my memories of him
• Make audio/video recordings of myself telling stories about him

[diegoripley]

For the P2P pay as you go model there's a few options. Just from a glance, Filebase and Arweave

• Filecoin, built on top of IPFS
• Sia - uses smart contracts to ensure data
• Storj - uses a complex crypto-bidding system and uses a P2P backend. Data is sharded and distributed across thousands of "Stargate" nodes globally
• Filebase: is the meta-layer that lets you use Sia, Storj or Filecoin through a standard S3 interface
• Arweave - this seems to be what I am going for. The protocol aims to store the data permanently and aims for 200+ years.

TODO

• Look into all of these options

[diegoripley]

Look into Matadisco that was listed on this Hacker News article.