> Tor onion services solve the setup-your-own-server issues, it's just not super easy yet.
Lately I've been trying to make this easier. I developed ormesh (https://github.com/cmars/ormesh) in an attempt to simplify setting up hidden services for private use.
I think both Tor and IPFS are both awesome and useful decentralization projects, they just have different use cases & characteristics. AIUI IPFS lacks fine-grained access controls. Last time I looked, it seemed like I either had to run all my own infrastructure of IPFS nodes with pre-shared private keys, or open everything to the public and encrypt on top of that... I prefer the Tor hidden service model, where I can decide on a per-service basis how I want to share it, revoke client access if necessary, and have my traffic securely routed on existing infrastructure.
When the current entertainment cartels are replaced by lighting and shading algorithms, algorithmically generated or enhanced sets and story lines, artifically-intelligent actor agents and remotely live-actor operated machinima drones, the world will be a more creative and entertaining place. I for one welcome the coming Diamond Age.
onionpipe forwards ports on the local host to remote Onion addresses as Tor hidden services and vice-versa.