Z-Library Returns on the Clearnet in Full Hydra-Mode
Current shadow libraries (zlib, libgen, scihub) suffer from centralized data hosting and opaque librarians&#x2F;custodians (who modify metadata and gate inclusion&#x2F;exclusion of content). We already have the tools to solve this.<p>1. Files are stored in a distributed fashion and referred to via their content hash. We already have IPFS for this.<p>2. Library metadata can be packaged up into a SQLite DB file. The DB would contain IPFS hashes, book names, authors, etc.<p>3. Teams of volunteers assemble and publish the library metadata DB files. There can be multiple teams, each with their own policies. The latest library files can be published via RSS. Each team can have their own upload portal.<p>4. A desktop app can pull multiple RSS feeds for multiple libraries. The libraries can be combined together and be searched easily on the client side. Users can search for content via the latest library metadata files, locally on their desktop. Content can be downloaded via IPFS.<p>5. The desktop app can also double as an IPFS host, allowing users to choose specific files to pin or simply allocate an amount of space for the purpose (100 GB, etc). There could also be servers that aggregate pinning info to make sure no gaps are there.<p>5. For ease of access, people can run websites that preclude the need to setup your own desktop app &#x2F; download libraries.<p>6. Library teams can publish metadata DBs and content via torrents, too, for long-term&#x2F;disaster-recovery&#x2F;archival purposes.<p>This would be a true hydra. No one centralized team, no reliance on DNS. If one team&#x27;s library set up goes down, you can use another&#x27;s.