Dev proposes BitTorrent distribution to de-risk Hugging Face's central role

Following another Microsoft outage, a developer warned that Hugging Face's centralized role as the repository for open models makes it a prime target, proposing BitTorrent-based P2P distribution instead.

2026-11-13 ~ 2026-11-13 · 2 related posts

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