Decentralization
IPFS operates on a peer-to-peer network, reducing dependency on central servers and improving resilience and fault tolerance.
Content Addressing
Resources in IPFS are accessed through content hashes, ensuring data integrity and authenticity by directly referencing content, not its location.
Improved Load Distribution
By distributing data across multiple nodes, IPFS can balance load, which can improve availability and access speed.
Offline Access
Data stored in IPFS can be accessed offline if the content is already cached locally, enabling persistent availability.
Resistance to Censorship
Decentralization makes it harder to censor content since there is no single point of failure that can be targeted.
Reduced Bandwidth Usage
IPFS can save bandwidth by referencing previously downloaded content from local networks or peers rather than fetching it from remote servers.
Historical Versioning
IPFS can keep track of historical versions of content, allowing for content versioning and retrieval of past data states.
IPFS (optional: if you want to run your own IPFS node).
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3 months ago
When I click on https://synapsemedia.io/ I get redirected to a link like https://ipfs.io/ipns/synapsemedia.io (to use ipfs.io instead of my local node).
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over 1 year ago
You may already be aware that the Interplanetary File System or IPFS is a distributed storage network where computers from all over the world form nodes to share data.
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over 1 year ago
In case of you don’t trust them, it gets harder. Especially if you need to have it hosted without any trace to yourself. I’d probably pay a service to store my data on ipfs. You can pay with crypto.
But I’m this case there’s the question, how will you be able to access it. My thought would be to have a [tails][tails] USB with the necessary software.
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over 1 year ago
Https://ipfs.io is the only acceptable file host.
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over 1 year ago
I never click GET button, don’t even know what it does tbh XD
Those four buttons are for choosing which IPFS gateway you want to use. By default I use ipfs.io, if ipfs.io is down then I click the Cloudflare one. General rule is that you pick one gateway if it does not work then another one and so on.
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over 1 year ago
– The gateway (e.g., ipfs.io, cloudflare, w3eth.io, w3link.io) may implement a censorship rule based on local regulations.
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over 1 year ago
New to IPFS, both ipfs.io and Cloudflare IPFS are blocked in my region, but I can connect to IPFS using the IPFS desktop app, is there a way to download books at a relatively not too slow speed from anna’s archive’s ipfs mirror?
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almost 2 years ago
Web 3.0 is a third-generation website with decentralized server storage from layer two blockchains like Ethereum, polygon, etc. Unstoppable domains are the first web3 domain platform where you find different domain names. This platform uses a crypto name system called CNS. Unstoppable domains used IPFS (interplanetary File System), the best file protocol that allows computers to store and serve files as part of a…
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almost 2 years ago
How can I connect this private cluster to public gateway like ipfs.io, make faster pinned?
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almost 2 years ago
@IPFS helps us do all of the above! More info https://ipfs.io/.
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almost 2 years ago
(All of this info is within like two clicks on https://ipfs.io btw).
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almost 2 years ago
Isn’t that what IPFS aims to be? https://ipfs.io/.
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almost 2 years ago
I’ve decided as a first step I would add ipfs native url support. I’ve added this support to the Browser (Demo), Run Dialog, Shortcuts & Terminal. Most of the main ipfs functions I’ve migrated to utils/ipfs.ts.
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about 2 years ago
My answer for almost everything is IPFS. With the ‘filestore’ option you can share whatever you have on your disk.
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almost 2 years ago
If I’m comfortable hosting it publically then my go-to is IPFS. With the ‘filestore’ option you can effectively share your entire hoard.
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almost 2 years ago
Https://ipfs.io will be very beneficial for this.
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about 2 years ago
For more information on IPFS, please visit https://ipfs.io.
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about 2 years ago
Not quite. IPFS is the protocol/network, ipfs.io is an indexer, but you could start your own if you like.
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about 2 years ago
Projects like IPFS, cjdns, meshnets and YUNoHost are also trying to change some of the architecture of the internet.
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about 2 years ago
With any blockchain, including Flow, there will be data that can or should live outside of the blockchain but still be referenced on the blockchain. Metadata or images for NFTs are sometimes stored on services like IPFS or Arweave, and a reference to where they are stored is added to the NFT itself.
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about 2 years ago