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diff --git a/network/go-ipfs/README b/network/go-ipfs/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..6d17fecc4c8f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/go-ipfs/README @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is a hypermedia p2p protocol suite +that has HTTP gateway built in. It can be used to store any kind of +immutable datasets, organized in files, directories, and commits. + +IPFS objects are addressed by base58-encoded content hash. Thus, +identical objects are deduplicated across entire Internet and can be +retreived by hash from any host that has a copy. Immutability of data +and peer-to-peer nature make IPFS ideal medium for archival storage, +as long as there is at least one copy of given asset somewhere. People +can support their friends by serving copy of their content for them by +simply retreiving given objects from IPFS node they run, so it could be +cached locally. + +Since objects' addresses are derived from their content, there's no way +to create IPFS hashes for mutable objects, although human-friendly +aliases can be published via IPNS (Inter-Planetary Name System), or in +DNS as dnslink TXT records. + +Since p2p networks are untrusted by its very nature, IPFS creators +discuss various algorithms to prevent abuse in IPFS white paper. + +There is several number of IPFS gateways accessible on the Internet, +project website data (for instance) can be retreived from any of them +(as ipfs.io website data is stored entirely on IPFS); although +insist not to use it for mission critical applications, since it is +still considered alpha quality. + +This package should also be considered experimental, since it lacks +service start/stop scripts, documentation, and source code. It is here +to allow Slackers to play with IPFS. |