Igeometry Podcast

The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a protocol and peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system. IPFS uses content-addressing to uniquely identify each file in a global namespace connecting all computing devices. Intro 0:00 Why IPFS? 2:00 Explain the original web model and the limitation * Content addressing instead of location addressing * decentralized content distributed among peers Content 3:30 * Content is hashed as CID * Content is immutable each update generates new CID * Content addressing Routing 4:30 * Distributed Hash Table (DHTs) maps CID / Peer IP address * DHT server hosts content and DHT Publishing Content 6:30 * New Content that you want to share on ipfs * hash the content creating new CID * Update your local DHT CID / your ip address * DHT will be updated to all the content peer (NOT the CONTENT) * People searching for your CID will be connected to you and only you. Consuming Content 8:48 * ipfs client (dht client) want to consume Ipfs://cid/ * ipfs clie