ClouldFlare employing IPFS to decentralize the Internet

The peer to peer hypermedia open-source protocol is the future of connectivity

The theme of decentralization has become the talking point of everyday conversation with the emergence of Digital Ledger Technology (DLT). The integration of this technology seems to have become the mantra of every enterprise, established business model & the current ecosystems.

Taking this discussion further let’s talk about a company called CloudFlare‘s content delivery network (CDN), Inter-Planetary File System (IPFS) — a peer to peer hypermedia open-source protocol & the decentralization of Internet using a combination of the previous two technology setups.

Cloudflare was created by three partners in 2009 at the Harvard Business School. The final product emerged from their initial study of how spammers harvested email addresses online. Their project went on to win the Harvard Business School Business Plan competition.

The beta version of the service was launched in Sep. 2010. They have grown significantly ever since its inception serving 8 million internet properties and about 10% of all internet requests as reported on their website.

Cloudflare has 152 data centers located in different regions of the world setting…