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The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a new hypermedia distribution protocol, addressed by content and identity. IPFS enables the creation of completely distributed applications. It aims to make the web faster, safer, and more open. Since that’s a pretty large scope, we track development across the ecosystem in this weekly dispatch.



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Here are some of the highlights since the last IPFS Weekly.



The latest

Meet folks from Protocol Labs next Thursday at our IPFS Social in Glasgow. Register for the event here.

See IPFS in action in the first episode of Around the block, a docu-series of interviews featuring some of the most intriguing characters & stories “in crypto-land” by Paratii Video. The best part? Their content is streamed via a p2p app called the Lab. The Lab is a repository for high-quality crypto content that doesn’t spy on you and relies on IPFS. It’s also is open source and you can distribute the series yourself through embedding.

Introducing IpfsCloud: A Decentralised Cloud Storage Platform – A decentralised cloud storage platform, or the IPFS alternative to Google Drive

Check out the recent Filecoin demos with Chinese subtitles. Many thanks to Neo Ge, of IPFS Main, for the translation.



IPFS in the wild

Do you follow IPFS on Twitter? For the latest mentions of IPFS in the news, check our Twitter feed or see the latest articles on Awesome IPFS.



Updates and new releases

See the latest releases of IPFS tools and projects across the ecosystem.

ipld-explorer-cli 0.14 – IPLD (Inter Planetary Linked Data) is the underlying data structure used by IPFS that allows it to store, retrieve and traverse through any type of content-addressed data.

ipfs-cluster 0.6.0 – Increased the minor release number to signal changes to the Go APIs after upgrading to the new cid package, but, other than that, this release does not include any major changes.

js-ipfs 0.32.3 – Some bug fixes for the JavaScript implementation of the IPFS protocol.

qri-io 0.5.4 – A very minor release that cleans up a few issues with the API to make the frontend editor work 😄

Announcing the launch of 0x protocol v2.0!

Tools and projects we <3

Awesome IPFS is a community-maintained and updated list of projects, tools, or pretty much any things related to IPFS that are totally awesome. To see more, or add yours to the list, visit Awesome IPFS on GitHub.



Coming up in the Community

Did you know IPFS has a community forum at discuss.ipfs.io? Sign up to participate in discussions about coding, tutorials, see announcements and learn about upcoming community events.

Eth San Francisco, 5-7 Oct 2018, San Francisco

The first Berlin IPFS Meetup is happening on October 11th! Sign up to attend on Meetup.

Sign up to be notified for IPFS Conf 2019, in Lisbon.

Introducing AraCon, the first Aragon Conference, will take place in Berlin, Germany on January 29-30, 2019.

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