I am not really a developer. I am just learning and do things to learn and practice. I wouldn't be able to do anything sophisticated enough that would cause massive use and bottleneck issues for the blockchain.
However, since I have read someone say that Hive is not capable of handling 500 million of tweets on daily basis, I was curious to see what Hive can handle and its scaling limits. If you are worried that possibility of storing files may cause issues for Hive, that makes me think you agree that Hive is not capable of scaling and accommodating hundreds of millions of users in the future.
I don't know how IPFS works. I just experiment with things from time to time. And I find Hive to be the place to learn and experiment. For me personally it is nothing more than learning playground. Thank you for sharing the concerns and potential issues.
Video is still much heavier than million of tweets.
Please do not open the door of storing video and pics on Hive, as it could quite likely damage that blockchain.
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Video probably won't be possible, it would take very long time. I can see a benefits of original art or photos being stored though. Anyway, this is just an experiment.
Compared to text, also photos are enormous.
I totally see your idea, and I remember being disappointed myself when finding out that only text is stored on the blockchain. And even there, scaling has been an issue.
But this simply is the limitation, at least nowadays.
I know this is an experiment, but please be aware of the risk this idea poses. If it becomes usable, you might crash Hive.