# Welcome to the IPFS Weekly. 👋
The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) (opens new window) 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
- In August, Protocol Labs held Lab Day (opens new window) in San Francisco, and the presentations and photos (opens new window) are available to check out now.
- The IPFS Twitter pinbot (opens new window) (@ipfspin) now supports adding content directly from tweets and a bunch of other improvements, check it out 😃
- Video: IPFS: A Sneakernet for your geodata (opens new window) Volker Mische, 18 Oct 2018
- Check out public-gateway-checker (opens new window), which checks which public gateways are online or not
- Dan’s Dev series reviewed the GitHub libp2p library in this video (opens new window)!
# IPFS in the wild
Do you follow IPFS on Twitter (opens new window)? For the latest mentions of IPFS in the news, check our Twitter feed or see the latest articles on Awesome IPFS (opens new window).
- Why bother with P2P when you still need to guarantee uptime? (opens new window), Paul Frazee, 22 Oct 2018
- How to Keep Your IPFS Nodes Connected to Ensure Fast Content Discovery (opens new window), An IPFS Tutorial, Matt Ober, 19 Oct 2018
- How We Sped Up Unit Test Performance by 10x at Qri (opens new window), Dustin Long, 17 Oct 2018
- Introduction to Blockchain Governance (opens new window), P.J. Leimgruber, 17 Oct 2018
- hastebin.com clone using ipfs-companion for writing (opens new window)
# Updates and new releases
See the latest releases of IPFS tools and projects across the ecosystem.
- Version 0.33.0 of js-ipfs (opens new window) is upon us! Check out the upcoming release notes.
- textile-mobile android_1.6.14_262 (opens new window) – Encrypted, secure, decentralized personal data wallet -- technology behind textile.photos
# Tools and projects we ❤️
Awesome IPFS (opens new window) 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 (opens new window).
- Dark Crystal (opens new window) – Back up your secrets using the trust in your social network
- Aldous Huxley on decentralization (opens new window) (1946, Foreword to Brave New World)
- Brave announced (opens new window) first release of redesigned Chromium-based desktop version that replaces previous Muon-based browser and delivers 22% faster load time. It supports IPFS Companion (opens new window) as well. Give it a try (opens new window)!
- TEMPORAL (opens new window) is an enterprise-grade storage solution featuring an easy to consume API that can be easily integrated into your existing application stack, providing all the benefits of the distributed web, without any of the overhead that comes with running distributed storage nodes.
# Coming up in the Community
Did you know IPFS has a community forum at discuss.ipfs.tech (opens new window)? Sign up to participate in discussions about coding, tutorials, see announcements and learn about upcoming community events.
- Blockstack Featuring The Blockchain Association (opens new window), A panel on Decentralization & Regulation with The Blockchain Association, 25 Oct 2018, 6pm
- Introducing Decentralized Camp’s second yearly hackathon (opens new window), 9-11 Nov 2018
- Sign up to be notified for IPFS Conf 2019 (opens new window), in Lisbon.
- Introducing AraCon (opens new window), the first Aragon Conference, will take place in Berlin, Germany on January 29-30, 2019.
# Thanks for reading ☺️
That’s it for this week’s news on all things IPFS. If we missed something, reply to this email and let us know! That way we can feature you in next week’s edition.