Understanding IPFS in Depth(1/6): A Beginner to Advanced Guide

A Complete Guide Including IPLD, Libp2p, MultiFormats & Filecoin

vasa
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13 min readFeb 17, 2019

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What is IPFS and Why do we Need It?

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This post marks the first in a new “Understanding IPFS in Depth” series which will help anybody to understand the underlying concepts of IPFS. We will keep the series as fun and engaging as possible 😊

This series is divided into 6 parts:

  • Understanding IPFS in Depth(1/6): A Beginner to Advanced Guide: In this part, we will try to understand What IPFS is, Why do we need it and What we can do with it. We will cover all the underlying components of IPFS in brief(which will be explained in depth in further parts) and see how they work together. If you want a short summary and don’t want to understand what’s happening “under the hood”, then this part is for you 😊
  • Understanding IPFS in Depth(2/6): What is InterPlanetary Linked Data(IPLD)?: In this part, we will dive into the data model of the content-addressable web. We will explore the details and specs of IPLD and play with it to get more familiar with it. You can read it here:
  • Understanding IPFS in Depth(3/6): What is InterPlanetary Naming System(IPNS)?: In this part, we will dive into the naming System of the distributed web. We will discuss it’s working, specs and play with it. We will also compare it to today’s naming system, aka the DNS. We…

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vasa

Entrepreneur | Co-founder, TowardsBlockChain, an MIT CIC incubated startup | SimpleAsWater, YC 19 | Speaker | https://vaibhavsaini.com