TL;DR In light of recent findings regarding the performance gain provided by Hydra peers in the IPFS network, which indicate that the gain is in the area of 10% (or less) and considering the substantial cost that Hydra’s operation incurs, Protocol Labs has decided to carry out a “Hydra Dial Down” e…

❗️❗️DHT Hydra Peers dialling down non-bridging functionality on 2022-12-01

dennis-tra December 7, 2022, 1:11pm 7

Another update:

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🌌 IPFS Measurement Report - 2023 Week 24 - 2023-06-12 Testing & Experiments	1	245	June 19, 2023