- completely decentralized architecture ;
- a content-addressed file system (through cryptographic-hash) ;
- combines Kademlia + BitTorrent + Git
- Can I delete my content from the network?
- Nope, as soon as it hasn been requested it's in the wild (cf. faq#9).
- Once I add something to IPFS, will it remain available to others once I turn off my computer?
- IPNS: The Inter-Planetary Naming System
- Image "hosting": http://ipfs.pics/
- Is ipfs fit for personal blog pages?
- more: faq#45
When uploaded, object's hash is computde
- no guarantees of redundancy, need people to request your data.faq#5
- filecoin as an incentize to replicate data
- Is it possible to limit the size of a local storage?
- Can I control the amount of storage/bandwidth dedicated to IPFS?
- Does IPFS provide any guarantees about anonymity? Not yet, it's a simple DHT router but TOR-like routing is planned.
- Having a private swarm is not implemented yet (cf. faq#4)
- possible alternative: could encrypt files and store them on public IPFS
- Official site: http://ipfs.io/
- FAQ: github.com/ipfs/faq
- Github: https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs
- IRC: #ipfs
- Twitter: @IPFSbot