https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2505.07452/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45417452urn:hackerpapers:mention:2505.07452:45417452Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:00:12 GMT<p>How to find a nice SHA1 hash? How do keyword search in this list? Search and discovery of quality are unsolved scientific challenges. Fascinating stuff. At our university lab we&#x27;ve been working on this for 25 years. Building a search engine is the easy part. Keeping a federated server with a billion users running is unsolved. Creating a fully -serverless- decentralised search engine is possible, you also need self-funding economy. Seems we&#x27;re one of the few labs worldwide to still make actual operational prototypes of this stuff. More shameless self promotion: &quot;SwarmSearch: Decentralized…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2505.07452/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.DC