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Concept: web3-storage replica as a backing/durability tier for Bulletin

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Description

Note: This issue description is AI-generated and needs further triage
and thinking before acting on it. Early-stage concept — treat it as a
starting point for discussion, not a finalized plan.

Summary

Instead of replacing Bulletin with web3-storage, explore coexistence:

  • Bulletin stays the commitment/authorization tier — on-chain CID registry,
    authorization, payments, bounded retention window, data guaranteed by the
    chain for that window.
  • web3-storage acts as a replica/durability tier — replicates data from
    Bulletin and keeps serving it past Bulletin's retention window, at larger
    capacity and with provider-based economics.
  • Both connected via a shared retrieval plane (Bitswap and/or a client-side
    transport switch — see #390), so a CID resolves regardless of
    which tier currently holds the bytes.

Rough idea: Bulletin sells the guarantee, web3-storage sells the bytes.

Why

  • Keeps Bulletin's on-chain commitment (queryable, light-client verifiable)
    without putting unbounded storage liability on Bulletin nodes.
  • Gives long-lived products (e.g. dotNS) a durability story beyond Bulletin's
    retention window, without a disruptive migration.
  • Could clarify "permanent" storage semantics: permanence fulfilled by the
    replica tier, only recorded/attested on Bulletin.

Non-goals (for now)

  • Any implementation — this issue is for collecting thoughts and reaching a
    go/no-go on deeper design work.

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