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

• VIDEOS: See Juan Benet’s talk (opens new window) from the recent Web3 Summit, “What exactly is Web3?” (opens new window) and Mike Goelzer’s talk (opens new window), “Libp2p: A Modular, P2P Networking Stack.” (opens new window)
• This week folks from Protocol Labs (opens new window) will be hanging out at devcon (opens new window) in Prague. If you’re around town be sure to reach out and chat IPFS with them.
• Sweet IPFS (opens new window) is finally here. Download the full (beta) IPFS node for Android at Google Play (opens new window).
• Check out the new media section (opens new window) of the libp2p site for the latest videos and articles on all things libp2p.
• Learn how to implement a payment channel with Libp2p (opens new window) in this video from Lucas Vogelsang, also from the Web3 Summit.

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).

• Manyverse and Scuttlebutt: A human-centric technology stack for social applications (opens new window), 25 Oct 2018
• Check out this IPLD demo (opens new window), 24 Oct 2018
• YottaChain unlocks the potential of the IPFS protocol (opens new window), 23 Oct 2018
• The 5 steps to end-to-end encrypted photo storage and sharing (opens new window), Textile.io, 23 Oct 2018

Updates and new releases

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

• go-ipfs 0.4.18-rc1 (opens new window) - First Release Candidate of largest go-ipfs release to date, 3 months in the making. If you are okay with living on the bleeding edge, please install and test! 😎

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).

• Introducing Agora v2: Get ready to cast your vote (opens new window), 24 Oct 2018
• Go Demo Rock-Paper-Scissors with libp2p (opens new window), 24 Oct 2018
• Small Focused Modules (opens new window), Sindre Sorhus, 25 Oct 2018
• Human Rights Review of QUIC (opens new window), a new encrypted-by-default transport protocol aiming to make traffic more secure – and much more.
• Coinbase and Circle announce the launch of USDC — a Digital Dollar (opens new window), 23 Oct 2018
• This new zine Oh Shit, Git! Recipes for gitting out of a git mess (opens new window), 21 Oct 2018
• How CryptoSource Eliminates Fake News with BloomID (opens new window), Bloom Blog, 16 Oct 2018
• Mozilla’s libdweb (opens new window), an extension containing experimental libdweb APIs.

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.

• devcon iv (opens new window) is sold out, but lots of IPFS fans will be there, so keep an eye out! Oct 30 - Nov 2, Prague, Czech Republic
• Dapp Dev & Crypto Games Hack Berlin (opens new window) 3-4, Nov 2018
• Introducing Decentralized Camp’s (opens new window) second yearly hackathon, 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.