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Episode 546: Dietrich Ayala on the InterPlanetary File System

Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers

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What Is IPFS?

IPFS is a protocol for the distribution of data. It's used to publish web pages, availability of very large data sets and also things like local subnet communication between applications. The biggest one definitely in the last year, year and a half is NFTs. Blockchains generally, you want to write to an immutable ledger something that isn't going to change or get pulled out under you.

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