I’ve been thinking about it since my last reply and I believe you are correct. It would cause a complication, trying to determine who is charged for the storage after the original uploader deletes their reference.
For the example below, I refer to bloat as hard drive space required by the client and how the SAFE Network is supposed alleviate it.
Non-Shared Private Files
The topic (Blockchain Bloat) stated each person will upload their own ledger. I understand de-duplication reduces the storage space used by the Network. What about the cost to the consumer? If blockchain users have to pay for their own copy of the ledger, would it not be cheaper to store it on their hard drive instead?
These issues keep leading me back to a consumption model as a solution. I’ve talked about it on this forum. But I don’t want to step on any toes, so I’ll just leave this alone.