Should I exchange 0.003 Monero (XMR) to 0.0003226 Ethereum? At https://stealthex.io/?amount=0.003&from=xmr it exchanges to that little Ethereum (ETH), losing 85 US cents if XMR = 388 USD/token. It was 388 earlier today, and it's now 362.64 USD per 1 XMR. It feels like a ripoff, but maybe it's not if adjusted to the overall history. XMR is the 3rd highest in value it's ever been now due to some crypto heist or whatever that happened weeks ago. I want to exchange it for some ETH, but should I use a different exchange?

2nd question. How do I retrieve data from Filecoin (FIL)? I can upload data to it, but can't get it back from the storage provider (SP). I've read official documentations and tried various things (including using reputable SPs), but none of that worked. Using Boost. Also, with boost, what's an offline deal? These subcommands: "boost retrieve ..." and "boost offline-deal".

3rd question. Can you install Arweave (AR) or mine it in Arch Linux? https://github.com/ArweaveTeam/arweave seems to only work in Ubuntu.

Image isn't a question. All self-custodial except maybe AR:
AR 2tHSFh3_pYVeENPnKnqY31szcnOCCMISEKOnbp0BPzQ
ETH 0x63Df01B3150fA1815f9bfDC21152dCEB5c455169
FIL f14xjhk2xxld4nadfnom7zhy6ood2rngjx7seakga
XMR 45ecvENmbmWTUi4WcjaKigbxdMa36JyszLqriK3nPMNA5Zg6rBo81nn8H6RTYXdrX5DvCzTtvYudqPve4PJaT6qv6eiAsuW

Only one comment at https://archive.palanq.win/wsr/search/text/filecoin (not my post):
>Anonymous Sun 23 Mar 2025 16:23:29 No.1521044 ViewReport
>IPFS
>In theory, "Filecoin" can also be used to store data, but I've been reading the docs for fifteen minutes and I still haven't figured out how to upload a file, much less pay for it.

My comment: It's somewhat easy to upload a file/folder, which I've done multiple times before. Like a smart contract that ensures that someone will/should store it for at least 3.4 years. It's harder to retrieve it, and I think sometimes you have to pay for retrieval. Getting accepted for Filecoin Plus or verified deals should make things easier...

Even this things that supposedly works isn't working:
>https://datasets.filecoin.io/QmNgu1Yk3vL3MPdAJtLA1z3WpARggt64HN4dF9pwRVkUVR
>boost retrieve --provider t017840 -o spotifyDataset.csv bafybeiaff7etvj2tbp6bxznukmokkabbabftpyi7tvzryg3ln7qn5e4nwq
>[ IPLD = QmSTk9Xs6FuFiLa8iicxqNTrFxEMdQ6KwMcjPeSF3dkAvw then QmTjsZ2mjH5zDaEY5i858VHtxKZWcQaidiCc8jsPdJFD7v ]

Forgot to say, I don't want to use KYC crap. See https://kycnot.me/ for exchanges that don't suck. duck.ai:
>The current exchange rate for Monero (XMR) to Ethereum (ETH) is approximately 0.14 ETH for 1 XMR. This means that for 0.003 XMR, you should expect to receive around 0.00042 ETH, which is significantly more than the 0.0003226 ETH you mentioned.
>
>Given that the exchange rate you are seeing on StealthEX seems to be unfavorable, it might be worth considering using a different exchange. Platforms like Coinbase or Kraken typically offer competitive rates and could provide a better deal for your exchange. Always compare rates across multiple exchanges before making a transaction to ensure you get the best value.

Error messages, related to question 2.

>Error: deal proposal rejected: miner is not considering online storage deals [SP f02063867]
I made one offline deal, but it seems useless because it still says this, day(s) later:
$ boost deal-status --deal-uuid=2633fbe0-fc1b-48bd-a20d-a4dea87938c5 --provider=f09693 \ got deal status response \ error: getting sector status from sealer \\ $ # QmQbcuBBKi6h2yYZsBiSjdrsspgJxoKvSSwFPRg7sCZhbH / baga6ea4seaqgcsw47fp3my4sxpewsz6mh3of6wxadhdyzhspz7klcoy5nppcymy / http://222.214.219.197:7777

>Error: deal proposal rejected: failed validation: piece size less than minimum required size: 1048576 < 1073741824 [SP f01989015]
Don't want to waste my time making a 1-GB CAR file if I don't have to, only to be rejected for some other reason

>Error: boost client cannot make a deal with storage provider f02019788 because it does not support protocol version 1.2.0
"boost --version" says "boost version 2.4.2-rc1+mainnet+git.8688227.dirty" which is the latest as of 2025-05-16, built from source. Therefore, I think this means the SP does not support the newer protocol version, so I don't think I have to update.

>Error: deal proposal rejected: miner is not accepting unverified storage deals [SP f01924824]
Need Filecoin+

>Error: deal proposal rejected: internal server error: failed to apply filters [ https://filecoin.globalstake.cloud ]
Not my fault

>Error: deal proposal rejected: failed validation: storage price per epoch less than asking price: 39062 < 390625000 [SP f03233304]
Expensive/maybe

>Error: deal proposal rejected: DEAL_TYPE_NOT_ACCEPTED: such deal is not accepted (type, duration, size, etc...). [SP f02639429]
Vague

>Error: deal proposal rejected: failed validation: piece size more than maximum allowed size: 1048576 > 255 [SP f02370792]
>Error: deal proposal rejected: failed validation: piece size less than minimum required size: 128 < 256 [SP f02370792]
Silly

>>1527890
cont.

>Error: deal proposal rejected: CLIENT_NOT_AUTHORIZED: this address is not allowed to send deals. [SP f01992431]
>Error: deal proposal rejected: Deals from client wallet f14xjhk2xxld4nadfnom7zhy6ood2rngjx7seakga are not welcome [SP f01832584]
Whitelist/blacklist gatekeeping

>Error: deal proposal rejected: [SP f03349417]
>Error: deal proposal rejected: failed validation [SP f03524179]
Vague

>Error: deal proposal rejected: Deal rejected | PRICE_TOO_LOW: accepted price for such deal: 0.0000000097 FIL/GiB/Epoch [SP f0187709]
Still didn't working after meeting that requirement for https://f0187709.saturnia dot top

So these are errors on the uploading side, but related to the downloading side because if more SPs accept the data then perhaps one will allow retrieval.

>>1527856 (OP)
>I've read official documentations
One of the things I mean by that is boost.filecoin.io ( such as https://boost.filecoin.io/retrieving-data-from-filecoin/http-retrieval ). If I can't retrieve anything, then their storage is somewhat useless to me and like some sort of crypto scam. I don't know how other people do it and retrieve stuff because I see nothing useful from search results. Now I'm even searching through the dreaded Xitter:

https://x.com/Filecoin/status/1916233630432588213
>8/ Storage without retrieval is incomplete.
Yeah no shit.
>Retrievability is now a core focus for #Filecoin’s evolution.
>
>Catch all the insights from @_FilOz in the latest @FilecoinTLDR blogpost:
>https://t dot co/70WHVB1e70 [ -> https://filecointldr.io/article/a-guide-to-retrievability-on-filecoin ]

https://x.com/Filecoin/status/1920149916724150444
>Unlike Filecoin’s cold storage tier, PDP provides sub-second data retrieval, scheduled verification challenges, and mutable collections. Clients can add, remove, or update data at will, while still receiving cryptographic guarantees that their hot data is stored and available.

https://x.com/FilecoinTLDR/status/1919802022217363611
>1/ Verifiable hot storage
>
>@Filecoin now supports a new tier of hot storage through Proof of Data Possession (PDP), enabling storage providers to prove they have data immediately available, without unsealing or retrieving it. This complements Filecoin’s cold storage proofs.

>>1527893
>Now I'm even searching through the dreaded Xitter ("site:x.com filecoin retrieval")
I think I'm getting somewhere:
https://x.com/FilFoundation/status/1919768519748604188
https://docs.filecoin.io/storage-providers/pdp/use-pdp

>If I can't retrieve anything, then their storage is somewhat useless to me and like some sort of crypto scam.
Looking on the bright side, the Filecoin blockchain can at least act as somewhat of an index for IPFS CIDs.

>the dreaded Xitter
Didn't know this until today, but Wayback Machine (WBM) is itself generating webpages off of JSONs to show Xitter pages:
>https://web.archive.org/web/20250506145737/https://twitter.com/FilFoundation/status/1919768519748604188
>This is a page generated by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from Twitter/X post data. Display JSON.
This breaks continuity and data purity ideas, but it does work. BTW, I'm somewhat annoyed by WBM. I have many examples of the following, here's one. If you go to
>https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://ipfs.desmos.network/ipfs/bafkreiftgur2nfnrdnnk6enuyra5wpb2odpagbmte2x4yovfb2weqzowny
then it shows up as not captured, so you HAVE to have the resolved link to look at any captures, and those are:
>https://web.archive.org/web/20250522193220/https://ipfs.desmos.network/ipfs/bafkreiftgur2nfnrdnnk6enuyra5wpb2odpagbmte2x4yovfb2weqzowny = "deleted"
>https://web.archive.org/web/20250522193517/https://ipfs.desmos.network/ipfs/bafkreiftgur2nfnrdnnk6enuyra5wpb2odpagbmte2x4yovfb2weqzowny?filename=1331214432967.png = deleted
>https://web.archive.org/web/20250526160013/https://ipfs.desmos.network/ipfs/bafkreiftgur2nfnrdnnk6enuyra5wpb2odpagbmte2x4yovfb2weqzowny = "deleted"
>https://web.archive.org/web/20250528153047/https://ipfs.desmos.network/ipfs/bafkreiftgur2nfnrdnnk6enuyra5wpb2odpagbmte2x4yovfb2weqzowny = not deleted yet
That web.archive.org/web/2/... redirects you to the capture now, but I'm sure that in a day or two it won't work as I've observed before.

>>1527897
>docs.filecoin.io/storage-providers/pdp/use-pdp
It says this:
>Reach out in the #fil-pdp [ https://filecoinproject.slack.com/archives/C0717TGU7V2 ] channel in Filecoin Slack to register your public key with a PDP-enabled Storage Provider
Ugh, I don't want to. Open system where you can just use it my ass, have to talk to some gatekeepers instead of just paying someone in FIL via a CLI.

>I have many examples of the following
Here's another one:
>https://web.archive.org/web/20250522190351/https://ipfs.desmos.network/ipfs/bafkreibyaenwblyw3ozso2d53yunodfjjhe3lg6gkn53gw5gp6aco5wz6e
I know this was a working capture at that point in time, but now it isn't. It was deleted or buggy, many such cases. It seems that WBM prefers sites such as x.com and youtube.com over other websites.

Is this thread just 1 anon talking to himself?

>>1527900
No one is helping me, so...

>>1527905
>Should I exchange 0.003 Monero (XMR) to 0.0003226 Ethereum?
No
Yes
Maybe

>>1527927
Why bother making this post? Tell me about a nonKYC exchange that you've used which is better. If you don't know, then don't post.

>>1527856 (OP)
>https://stealthex.io/?amount=0.003&from=xmr
In that site, bigger exchanges are more favorable to the USD value of XMR:
0.003 xmr or 1.02195 usd ->0.0001378 eth or 0.367384446 usd = lose 65.4565554 cents
0.004 xmr or 1.3626 usd -> 0.0003034 eth or 0.808885638 usd = lose 55.3714362 cents

>>1527856 (OP)
>question 2
May have to use some "easy consumer apps [websites] on top of Filecoin":
search "site:reddit.com filecoin retrieval" =
https://old.reddit.com/r/filecoin/comments/mhjbya/so_how_to_use_the_actual_filecoin_to_store_files/
https://old.reddit.com/r/filecoin/comments/pnbbhz/how_to_pay_for_retrieve_data/
etc.

>>1527999
https://slate.host/ = gone
Fleek = maybe
https://files.chainsafe.io/ = "encrypted", so maybe not

Regarding question 2:

>>1527890
>Need Filecoin+
How though? Site about that: [1], which links to [2]. That says:
>Clients can secure DataCap by making a request to an allocator. Each one of the allocators maintain their own applications for requesting DataCap.
>
>One such allocator is Filecoin Incentive Design Labs (FIDL). They maintain a Github repository that includes an application where clients can make a request of FIDL for DataCap. Clients and builders looking to acquire DataCap may consider applying directly with FIDL, noting that all DataCap applications are transparent and open for public review on the issues page.
>[...]
That links to [3]/[4] where you gotta make some web3 identity thing to be give 1 TB of datacap. Or, fill out a form which "shouldn't take you more than 15-20 min".[5] That form has a "KYC - Applicant Details" section which asks for "Social Media Handle", "GitHub Handle", "Your Name As it appears on your government ID", "Slack Handle", "Data Owner Location", "On-chain address for first allocation [Filecoin wallet address]", "Please share a brief history of your project and organization. Please write 4-5 sentences.", "What is the expected retrieval frequency for this data", "For how long do you plan to keep this dataset stored on Filecoin", etc.

So after doing all that crap you might get Filecoin+ and the shit will be retrievable.

1. https://fil.org/filecoin-plus
2. https://docs.filecoin.io/basics/how-storage-works/filecoin-plus
3. https://faucet.allocator.tech/
4. https://www.fidl.tech/apply-for-datacap_1
5. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7Z_Yv5OZ1HBCfMrhK-nZqvmxUGPEQ2w7mq6VEh9cbvzh3jw/viewform

This thread still exists, as I am unsure on this information: focusing on question #2 for now. It is possible that someone here knows.

>>1528214
seems the smaller size of 1 TiB has less requirements than the larger sizes ( >1 TiB, such as https://github.com/fidlabs/Open-Data-Pathway/issues/154 ). So, get 1TB, then it's retrievable?

>>1527856 (OP)
>Should I exchange 0.003 Monero (XMR) to 0.0003226
What is that? $1? Who cares

Regarding question 2: so far the possible solutions are to communicate with some gatekeepers manually or automatically, both require you make account(s). The 3 solutions which require account creations and said communications:
- get small DataCap = automatic
- get non-small DataCap = manual, and probably too anti-privacy, takes too long
- get public key verified for PDP-enabled Storage Provider = manual, better than nonsmall DataCap method, quick

Other possible solutions:
- something with Filecoin Virtual Machine = different from the normal Filecoin, https://filecoin.blockscout.com/
- eventually find an SP that doesn't suck

>>1527899
>many such cases
Seems to be a temp. issue, hopefully. I saw today that when going to any webpage/webfile capture such as
>https://web.archive.org/web/20250531023445/https://github.com/CIDgravity/datacap-decentralized-onboarding-to-self-selected-sps/issues/1
if you click the X button on
>We keep the record straight by preserving government websites, news articles, historical data, and more. If you find our archive useful, please chip in [X]
it would open up
>https://archive.org/donate?origin=DonateBanner-20250601JuneDeploy-WBPSABanner-Desktop&referer=...
Not what I wanted tranny-run Internet Archive. I wanted to close the donation begging message at the top, not donate to your pro-censorship website. You already get millions of USD per years, and that's enough.

>>1528428
bump

>>1528428
>something with Filecoin Virtual Machine = different from the normal Filecoin
Docs: https://docs.filecoin.io/smart-contracts/fundamentals/the-fvm
>links to https://fil.builders/
next page: https://docs.filecoin.io/smart-contracts/fundamentals/filecoin-evm-runtime
>The Ethereum Virtual Machine is an execution environment initially designed, built for, and run on the Ethereum blockchain. The EVM was revolutionary because, for the first time, any arbitrary code could be deployed to and run on a blockchain. This code inherited all the decentralized properties of the Ethereum blockchain. Before the EVM, a new blockchain had to be created with custom logic and then bootstrapped with validators every time a new type of decentralized application needed to be built.
>[...] This is because Filecoin nodes offer the Ethereum JSON-RPC API.
So why use FEVM when you could just use EVM instead? More details at https://docs.filecoin.io/smart-contracts/fundamentals/erc-20-quickstart
>step 1 make metamask wallet [i already did this]. step 2 switch Ethereum Mainnet to a Filecoin network. step 3 make, code, and compile a contract using Remix. step 4 deploy it, takes 90sec. step 4 use contract, mint tokens, add to MetaMask
>explains the difference: https://docs.filecoin.io/smart-contracts/filecoin-evm-runtime/difference-with-ethereum

On to the RELEVANT info:
>https://docs.filecoin.io/smart-contracts/programmatic-storage
>The Filecoin virtual machine (FVM) is not designed to directly interact with data on Filecoin. Instead, it operates on blockchain state data, which includes metadata about stored data. The FVM's role is to compute over this state data and create logic around the storage and retrieval process. Storage and retrieval providers on the Filecoin network handle the actual process of storing and retrieving data.
>
>Developers can use FVM actors (also called smart-contracts) to implement various use cases related to data storage and retrieval on the Filecoin network.

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>>1528832
>>The Filecoin virtual machine (FVM) is not designed to directly interact with data on Filecoin. [...] Storage and retrieval providers on the Filecoin network handle the actual process of storing and retrieving data.
>>Developers can use FVM actors (also called smart-contracts) to implement various use cases related to data storage and retrieval on the Filecoin network. For instance, they can automate the process of renewing and repairing storage deals, replicating data across multiple storage providers for redundancy, or implement access control for data.
So this eliminates the possibility of using FVM to directly result in retrieval.

Next possible solution >>1528428 is
>eventually find an SP that doesn't suck
Some time ago I checked basically all of https://filrep.io/ -> https://api.filrep.io/api/miners?limit=10000 - first by checking the boost retrieval info on all of them then by checking the ones with http retrieval enabled. They all are disappointing, but I didn't check some of them with 1GB minimum size requirements.

>>1529212
>They all are disappointing, but I didn't check some of them with 1GB minimum size requirements.
I normally run a command which is something like this: [1150-character Bash one-liner here]. However, I could just lie about it and say that the piece size is 1,234,567,890 bytes (>1GB) in order to test other crap SPs. I'm doing that now...
>Error: deal proposal rejected: failed validation: proposal piece size is invalid: padded piece size must be a power of 2
So 1,073,741,824. That's showing me more blacklists/whitelists from nodes.

Maybe it's just not possible to do retrieval without first sending you drivers licenses, DNA sample, or whatever other nonsense...

>>1529443
Of my list, I found only two possible solutions for Filecoin retrieval:

SP f02639429 [ https://f02639429.infrafolio.com:443 ] = expensive:
>Error: deal proposal rejected: PRICE_TOO_LOW: accepted price for such deal: 2 USD/TiB/30d (8607045885 attoFil/GiB/Epoch 1FIL=2.626408USD on 2025-06-10 01:58:50 UTC).

SP f02092901 [ http://222.187.243.226:38705 ] = minimum pieces size of 32 GiB, which I can't really work with as that would require me to have some https:// link to a 32 GiB CAR file.

I could get either of these to store it but retrieval is probably not guaranteed. Can't wait to get ripped off with this crypto cringe. The command I used to test them is this 1150-character Bash one-liner:
>$ export FULLNODE_API_INFO=https://api.node.glif.io; pri=8607045885; echo price per GiB: $pri attoFIL per epoch; c=QmejaxYGLiM9q9YWB4ZZ27winaqCNFehWY9X64vWsvyrUB; url=https://example.com/car.file; three="$(boostx commp $c.car | perl -pE "s/\n/ /g")"; commp=$(echo "$three" | awk '{print $3}'); piece=1073741824; car=$(echo "$three" | awk '{print $10}'); echo piece size in bytes: $piece; echo car size: $car; dur=3674880; echo duration: $(echo $(echo $dur \* 30 | bc -l) / 31540000 | bc -l) years; gib=$(echo $piece / 1073741824 | bc -l | sed "s/0*$//g"); echo piece size: $gib GiB; echo price per GiB: $pri attoFIL per epoch; atto=$(echo $gib \* $pri | bc -l | sed "s/0*$//g"); echo price: $atto attoFIL/epoch; fil=$(echo "$atto" / 10^18 | bc -l); echo price: $fil FIL/epoch; echo price: $(echo $fil \* $dur | bc -l) FIL; boost wallet list; read -p "SP: " sp; boost deal --storage-price=$pri --wallet=f14xjhk2xxld4nadfnom7zhy6ood2rngjx7seakga --duration=$dur --verified=false --provider=$sp --http-url=$url --commp=$commp --car-size=$car --piece-size=$piece --payload-cid=$c; boost provider retrieval-transports $sp
(originally it was
>piece=$(echo "$three" | awk '{print $6}')
and asked for the CID to generate other vars but that was assuming SPs would work, and they usually don't.)

>>1529446
>SP f02092901 [ http://222.187.243.226:38705 ] = minimum pieces size of 32 GiB, which I can't really work with as that would require me to have some https:// link to a 32 GiB CAR file.
That's where you can use https://data.lighthouse.storage/
>Filecoin Data Depot
>Data prep for deal making made easy.
>Upload files, generate CAR and get CAR links - all in one place.

And I do have or am making a 45,236,682,752-byte (45-GB) "rare media" folder which I can test it on.

a fool and his money...

>>1529525
>making a 45,236,682,752-byte (45-GB) "rare media" folder
It isn't rare media unless you're collecting NFTs

>>1529535
This is what I'm referring to by "rare media":
>POOLSIDE_POUNDING_D1.ISO bafybeiequgqb53hdvw7tz4gvwe6e3jcmmodjgaeechnhj4qbysfjfj2zam 7560036352
>POOLSIDE_POUNDING_D1.MDS bafkreihd5fjiroz4lanhswc55y4z5yb5mdy3546sbumzsdnkpdebn55kg4 8414
>POOLSIDE_POUNDING_D2.ISO bafybeibpuyqfhpow5yeiv6dxeuystwvtr2tuuefblfopubwmi77okxoe64 7450427392
>POOLSIDE_POUNDING_D2.MDS bafkreie3ouqbwrt4miwzvpl6jgzgezumouobtr76camku5onmuaempyzme 8414
>POOLSIDE_POUNDING_D3.ISO bafybeiaoqxsivf63o6z3xposky6wt7yf7agugdbnfsbt2atzqv44xoqf2i 4210098176
>POOLSIDE_POUNDING_D3.ISO.1 bafybeiejs3ujbhey4opirsnqpomprazlqf4klt2rwyafugxvqhrbapjmx4 4282253312
>POOLSIDE_POUNDING_D3.ISO.skip.txt bafkreig2rzexovqcbwsidiaubvbcm5welwgb6gcrxckjpfaxqfjo5ejuk4 58
>POOLSIDE_POUNDING_D3.ISO.skip.txt.1 bafkreia725g2usb76yhwcqltwft4zkofuh5e7qquick7ftb4d2anopopva 39
>POOLSIDE_POUNDING_D4.ISO bafybeiezvbwbk2drptsiseldas7hywofclu6njcejpcjksmk75abrrryoa 7607877632
>POOLSIDE_POUNDING_D4.MDS bafkreia56vbtomovd6bk4elc3zccmogqhnejpwxj4ycrtthbxeenh4zmpm 8414
It's a "2011 pornographic film" as described by https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128916304

I have disc 1, 2, and 4. Disc 3 is scratched with read errors. That plus IPLD = 45 GiB. I saw no torrents of that DVD at:
https://apibay.org/q.php?q=POOLSIDE+POUNDING
https://apibay.org/q.php?q=POOLSIDE+POUNDING+2011
https://apibay.org/q.php?q=POOLSIDE+POUNDING+wicked

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>>1529446
>>1529554
I was going to see if the Filecoin SP with 32 GiB minimum did what I wanted (retrieval). However, I messed up. The unpacked version is 33 GiB, but the packed .car version is 29 GiB due to dedup. Here's a torrent of said data anyways (created in 2025-06-15 UTC):

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:33ac527fa58dff9fcdb94b5c614bf0c8162b4f15&dn=Poolside.Pounding.2011.DVD.ISO-MARES&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fp2p.publictracker.xyz%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.1337x.org%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.yify-torrents.com%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.best-torrents.net%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fmgtracker.org%3A2710%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fadmin.52ywp.com%3A6969%2Fannounce&ws=http://45.13.119.216.rev.dyjix.eu:8080/ipfs/QmZ26uLu9pmCpxACCSZLmujaD5kTekWEbjLFAS8RvnNRVt/

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bump. must figure out how to do this (Filecoin retrieval) in light of archive.org's faggotry: more than 1000 items deleted >>>/t/1367425

>>1530220
I have another dataset/folder which is like 40 GB. I will try with that one. The reason I think this one might work for retrieval ("small chance") is because it will fill the whole sector so it won't be stuck on the "adding to sector" stage. (Unless the sector size is 64GB and not 32GB.)