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Arguably you can get (even more reliable) version pinning by copying typescript from that random URL & storing it in your own S3 bucket. Sure, you have _some_ work to do, but it's not that much and you 100% control the code from there on.



Well, I suppose they do (or will) provide a self hosted version of the registry. Like npm does.


If you publish your module versions on IPFS that would provide a guarantee to your users the module versions do not change once published. But hashes are not very memorable as module names.


> If you publish your module versions on IPFS...

Well, using message digests, NPM or Yarn can pretty much guarantee content addressable versions, too. Do not have to use IPFS or blockchains, just because...




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