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Dan Tobias: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Filesystem }} '''IPFS''' (InterPlanetary File System) is a peer-to-peer distributed filesystem. Some of its proponents think it oug..."

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'''IPFS''' (InterPlanetary File System) is a peer-to-peer distributed filesystem. Some of its proponents think it ought to replace HTTP completely, but that would require a much more user-friendly method of accessing it than installing a program and then entering command lines like <code>ipfs cat /ipfs/QmPXME1oRtoT627YKaDPDQ3PwA8tdP9rWuAAweLzqSwAWT/readme</code>.

== Links ==
* [https://ipfs.io/ Official site]
* [https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmNhFJjGcMPqpuYfxL62VVB9528NXqDNMFXiqN5bgFYiZ1/its-time-for-the-permanent-web.html HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the distributed, permanent web]

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 node running and well maintained. Alternatively, you have to stand-up or make use of a third
 party pinning service which have the resources to pin your content "indefinitely".
 == References ==

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 == Example ==
-The following command (provides access to XKCD 927's transcript via the [https://explore.ipld.io/#/explore/QmdmQXB2mzChmMeKY47C43LxUdg1NDJ5MWcKMKxDu7RgQm XKCD Archives].
+The following command (provides access to XKCD 927's alt-text via the [https://explore.ipld.io/#/explore/QmdmQXB2mzChmMeKY47C43LxUdg1NDJ5MWcKMKxDu7RgQm XKCD Archives].
 <code>
-./ipfs cat mfNvocxez2nEChH95BQCLhJLciy5dmwbGW4NofTUvNvgu
+./ipfs cat QmfNvocxez2nEChH95BQCLhJLciy5dmwbGW4NofTUvNvgu
 </code>.

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 <code>kubo</code> provides a reference implementation that allows you to access IPFS locally.
 == References ==
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 * [https://ipld.io/ IPLD Official site]
 * [https://dasl.ing/ DASL]
 == Informative References ==

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	* [https://ipfs.io/ Official site]		* [https://ipfs.io/ Official site]
	* [https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmNhFJjGcMPqpuYfxL62VVB9528NXqDNMFXiqN5bgFYiZ1/its-time-for-the-permanent-web.html HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the distributed, permanent web]		* [https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmNhFJjGcMPqpuYfxL62VVB9528NXqDNMFXiqN5bgFYiZ1/its-time-for-the-permanent-web.html HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the distributed, permanent web]
		+	* [https://spectrum.ieee.org/peer-to-peer-network Why the Internet needs the Interplanetary File System]

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-'''IPFS''' (InterPlanetary File System) is a peer-to-peer distributed filesystem. Some of its proponents think it ought to replace HTTP completely, but that would require a much more user-friendly method of accessing it than installing a program and then entering command lines like <code>ipfs cat /ipfs/QmPXME1oRtoT627YKaDPDQ3PwA8tdP9rWuAAweLzqSwAWT/readme</code>.
+'''IPFS''' (InterPlanetary File System) is a peer-to-peer distributed file system. It is accessible via the command-line, and programming interfaces. Data is mirrored by peers and data shared via a content identifier (CID). The CID creates a global namespace for accessing information.
 * [https://ipfs.io/ Official site]
 * [https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmNhFJjGcMPqpuYfxL62VVB9528NXqDNMFXiqN5bgFYiZ1/its-time-for-the-permanent-web.html HTTP is obsolete. It's time for the distributed, permanent web]
 * [https://spectrum.ieee.org/peer-to-peer-network Why the Internet needs the Interplanetary File System]