Swarm documentation might not be perfect, but it is not outdated -
https://swarm-guide.readthedocs.ioI believe the chapters about PSS, Swarm Feeds, ENS, Architecture, among others, are mostly up-to-date.
You can read about the incentivisation layer at https://swarm-gateways.net/bzz:/theswarm.eth/ethersphere/ora...
Currently incentivisation is not integrated or implemented in Swarm, so a user has no guarantees about what happens with their uploaded content. If the node hosting it disconnects from the network, it will be gone. The plans to address this are through the sw^3 protocols suite and/or erasure coding.
Regarding plain text - it doesn't really matter what bytes you store in Swarm - encryption is implemented and you can store non-encrypted or encrypted bytes, this has nothing to do with incentives for persistent storage.
We try to do outreach and answer community questions when possible, but the team is not big and this is currently done on a best-effort base, we could definitely improve on that front, I agree.
I believe the chapters about PSS, Swarm Feeds, ENS, Architecture, among others, are mostly up-to-date.
You can read about the incentivisation layer at https://swarm-gateways.net/bzz:/theswarm.eth/ethersphere/ora...
Currently incentivisation is not integrated or implemented in Swarm, so a user has no guarantees about what happens with their uploaded content. If the node hosting it disconnects from the network, it will be gone. The plans to address this are through the sw^3 protocols suite and/or erasure coding.
Regarding plain text - it doesn't really matter what bytes you store in Swarm - encryption is implemented and you can store non-encrypted or encrypted bytes, this has nothing to do with incentives for persistent storage.
We try to do outreach and answer community questions when possible, but the team is not big and this is currently done on a best-effort base, we could definitely improve on that front, I agree.