Mihalism Multi Host 是一个流行的开源 PHP 文件托管服务器。
Mihalism Multi Host is a popular open source PHP file hosting server.
它偏向图片托管，但我认为只要提高文件大小上限、放宽允许的扩展名，它同样可以轻松用作通用文件上传托管。他们需要这些限制来维持免费服务的合理运转，但如果我们装上比特币支付机制，限制就可以放宽。
It's geared toward image hosting, but I think by increasing the file size limit and liberalising the allowed file extensions, it could just as easily be used for general file upload hosting. They need the limits to keep it reasonable as a free service, but if we bolt on a Bitcoin payment mechanism, the limits could be relaxed.
它没有一堆需要扒掉的客户端脚本或防嵌入的破烂。它生成正常工作的标准链接。
It doesn't have a bunch of client side scripting or anti-embedding junk to rip out. It generates standard links that work normally.
这些免费托管站点的更新换代很频繁。小站可以提供免费图片托管，但一旦开始走红，就会被蹭免费带宽的揩油者淹没。任何出了名的网站都得变得更咄咄逼人地催缴费，以覆盖带宽成本。这是服务定价的完美案例：所需价位落在无人区——免费提供会有些成本负担，但收费金额又太低，让多数用户觉得不值得费事使用传统方式付款。它就卡在 0 和 19.95 之间的鸿沟里。他们最好的办法也许是争取 1000 个用户里有 1 个付 9.95，但那意味着 999/1000 的用户被当成蹭饭的。靠广告也撑不住，因为图片是嵌在别的网站上、根本不经过托管站就被下载的。
There's a turnover churn in these free hosting sites. Small sites can give free image hosting, but once one starts getting popular, it gets too swamped with moochers using them for free bandwidth. Any site that gets well known has to become more aggressively pay-naggy to cover bandwidth costs. It's a perfect example of a service where the needed price point is in the no-man's-land between just a little too expensive to be free, but too cheap for most users to take the trouble of a conventional payment. It's in the gap between 0 and 19.95. The best they can do is try to maybe get 1 out of 1000 users to pay 9.95, but that has 999/1000 users treated like freeloaders. It can't really be advertising supported because the images are embedded in other sites and downloaded without going to the hosting site.
运行这套软件的网站示例：
An example of a site running the software:
论坛：
Forum:
下载：
Download:
大家怎么看？如果我为它做一个比特币支付集成，会有人有兴趣运行它吗？它也许是第一个可以用比特币购买的全自动服务。相比免费服务，它的优势在于提供大文件的通用上传托管，而不必让下载用户跑到上传站点、百般周折。它会给出直指文件的普通链接。
What do you think? If I made a Bitcoin payment integration for this, would anyone be interested in running it? It might be the first fully automated service available to buy with Bitcoins. The advantage it could offer over the free services is general file upload hosting of large files without making downloading users go to the upload site and jump through hoops. It would give a normal link directly to the file.
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