{"id":9600,"date":"2021-04-12T17:10:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T21:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/?p=9600"},"modified":"2021-04-12T17:10:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T21:10:15","slug":"what-is-ipfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/","title":{"rendered":"What is IPFS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipfs.io\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ipfs.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IPFS<\/a> is a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open. IPFS aims to surpass HTTP to build a better web for all of us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IPFS project seeks to evolve the infrastructure of the Internet and the Web, with many things we&#8217;ve learned from successful systems, like <a href=\"https:\/\/git-scm.com\/\">Git<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bittorrent.org\/\">BitTorrent<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kademlia\">Kademlia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoin.org\/\">Bitcoin<\/a>, and many, many more. This is the sort of thing that would have come out of ARPA\/DARPA, IETF, or Bell Labs in another age. IPFS is a free, open-source project with thousands of contributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IPFS (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.ipfs.io\/concepts\/what-is-ipfs\/\">the InterPlanetary File System<\/a>) is a hypermedia distribution <strong>protocol<\/strong> addressed by content and identities. It enables the creation of completely distributed applications, and in doing so aims to make the web faster, safer, and more open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IPFS is a <strong>distributed file system<\/strong> that seeks to connect all computing devices with the same system of files. In some ways, this is similar to the original aims of the Web, but IPFS is actually more similar to a single BitTorrent swarm exchanging Git objects. You can read more about its origins in the paper <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ipfs\/ipfs\/blob\/master\/papers\/ipfs-cap2pfs\/ipfs-p2p-file-system.pdf?raw=true\">IPFS &#8211; Content Addressed, Versioned, P2P File System<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IPFS is a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open. IPFS aims to surpass HTTP to build a better web for all of us. The IPFS project seeks to evolve the infrastructure of the Internet and the Web, with many things we&#8217;ve learned from successful systems, like Git, BitTorrent, Kademlia,&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-info"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is IPFS? - Linux Shtuff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is IPFS? - Linux Shtuff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IPFS is a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open. IPFS aims to surpass HTTP to build a better web for all of us. The IPFS project seeks to evolve the infrastructure of the Internet and the Web, with many things we&#8217;ve learned from successful systems, like Git, BitTorrent, Kademlia,... Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Linux Shtuff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/fb.me\/g33kinf0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/fb.me\/g33kinf0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-12T21:10:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-12T21:10:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Minion_Research.sm_-e1584713481775.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"35\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"44\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"g33kadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/drsinger1111\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@drsinger1111\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/what-is-ipfs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/what-is-ipfs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"g33kadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c022e4c40b13ea1b678e6f020756f547\"},\"headline\":\"What is IPFS?\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-12T21:10:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-12T21:10:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/what-is-ipfs\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c022e4c40b13ea1b678e6f020756f547\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/what-is-ipfs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Minion_Research.sm_-e1584713481775.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Info\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/what-is-ipfs\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/what-is-ipfs\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/what-is-ipfs\\\/\",\"name\":\"What is IPFS? - Linux Shtuff\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/what-is-ipfs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/what-is-ipfs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Minion_Research.sm_-e1584713481775.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-12T21:10:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-12T21:10:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/what-is-ipfs\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/what-is-ipfs\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/what-is-ipfs\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Minion_Research.sm_-e1584713481775.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Minion_Research.sm_-e1584713481775.jpg\",\"width\":35,\"height\":44,\"caption\":\"Minion_Research.sm\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/what-is-ipfs\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What is IPFS?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/\",\"name\":\"Linux Shtuff\",\"description\":\"Because I have CRS Syndrome...\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c022e4c40b13ea1b678e6f020756f547\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c022e4c40b13ea1b678e6f020756f547\",\"name\":\"g33kadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/minion-researchA.gif\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/minion-researchA.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/minion-researchA.gif\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"g33kadmin\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/g33kinfo.com\\\/info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/minion-researchA.gif\"},\"description\":\"I am a g33k, Linux blogger, developer, student and Tech Writer for Liquidweb.com\\\/kb. My passion for all things tech drives my hunt for all the coolz. I often need a vacation after I get back from vacation....\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelinuxreport.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/fb.me\\\/g33kinf0\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/drsinger1111\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is IPFS? - Linux Shtuff","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What is IPFS? - Linux Shtuff","og_description":"IPFS is a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open. IPFS aims to surpass HTTP to build a better web for all of us. The IPFS project seeks to evolve the infrastructure of the Internet and the Web, with many things we&#8217;ve learned from successful systems, like Git, BitTorrent, Kademlia,... Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/","og_site_name":"Linux Shtuff","article_publisher":"https:\/\/fb.me\/g33kinf0","article_author":"https:\/\/fb.me\/g33kinf0","article_published_time":"2021-04-12T21:10:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-04-12T21:10:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":35,"height":44,"url":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Minion_Research.sm_-e1584713481775.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"g33kadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/drsinger1111","twitter_site":"@drsinger1111","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/"},"author":{"name":"g33kadmin","@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/#\/schema\/person\/c022e4c40b13ea1b678e6f020756f547"},"headline":"What is IPFS?","datePublished":"2021-04-12T21:10:14+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-12T21:10:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/"},"wordCount":197,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/#\/schema\/person\/c022e4c40b13ea1b678e6f020756f547"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Minion_Research.sm_-e1584713481775.jpg","articleSection":["General Info"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/","url":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/","name":"What is IPFS? - Linux Shtuff","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Minion_Research.sm_-e1584713481775.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-12T21:10:14+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-12T21:10:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Minion_Research.sm_-e1584713481775.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Minion_Research.sm_-e1584713481775.jpg","width":35,"height":44,"caption":"Minion_Research.sm"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/what-is-ipfs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What is IPFS?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/#website","url":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/","name":"Linux Shtuff","description":"Because I have CRS Syndrome...","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/#\/schema\/person\/c022e4c40b13ea1b678e6f020756f547"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/#\/schema\/person\/c022e4c40b13ea1b678e6f020756f547","name":"g33kadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/minion-researchA.gif","url":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/minion-researchA.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/minion-researchA.gif","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"g33kadmin"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/minion-researchA.gif"},"description":"I am a g33k, Linux blogger, developer, student and Tech Writer for Liquidweb.com\/kb. My passion for all things tech drives my hunt for all the coolz. I often need a vacation after I get back from vacation....","sameAs":["https:\/\/thelinuxreport.com","https:\/\/fb.me\/g33kinf0","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/drsinger1111"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9600"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9602,"href":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9600\/revisions\/9602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}