# 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
- WATCH THIS: See David Dias present an update on his past presentations about IPFS and Protocol Labs (opens new window) at the latest Telecom Application Development Summit (TADS), plus introduce a little something new!
- IPFS got a shoutout during the Chrome Dev Summit 2018 (opens new window) because the platform folks are looking into IPFS as alternative distribution transport for Signed HTTP Exchanges (opens new window).
- IPFS has made the ThoughtWorks Technology Radar (opens new window). Find us under “Assess.”
- Hello from Harvard! Michelle Brous (opens new window) and Marvin Ammori were recently at Harvard Business School to talk about IPFS and Protocol Labs.
# Meet Irakli Gozala 🎉
We’re in awe of the work IPFS contributor Irakli Gozala (opens new window) is doing. Currently, he’s spearheading the effort to implement experimental APIs for Firefox WebExtensions with the goal of enabling dweb protocols in Firefox through browser add-ons. Check out his libweb repo (opens new window) if you’re interested in contributing or see him chat more about it at the latest IPFS All Hands call (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).
- Breaking The Ice: A Crash Course In IPFS, Ethereum And Fat Protocols Of The Future (opens new window), Hackernoon, 17 Nov 2018
- TADSummit 2018: Web3 (opens new window), TADS Blog, 16 Nov 2018
- Distributed Web: host your website with IPFS clusters, Cloudflare, and DevOps (opens new window), With Blue Ink, 14 Nov 2018
- Thailand Uses Blockchain-Supported Electronic Voting System in Primaries (opens new window), Nasdaq, 13 Nov 2018
- Ethereum + IPFS + React DApp Tutorial Pt. 3 (opens new window), Alexander Ma, 13 Nov 2018
- Can Decentralization Impact And Enhance Geo-Location Data Privacy? (opens new window) Forbes, 10 Nov 2018
# Updates and new releases
See the latest releases of IPFS tools and projects across the ecosystem.
- js-libp2p 0.24.0 was released! (opens new window) The best part? They added support for custom routers, turned relay on by default and threw in some extra goodies and improvements. Check it out!
# 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).
- Siderus Orion v1.0 (opens new window), redesigned and restructured!
- Introduction to MedPass (opens new window), an application that stores medical information in emergencies and quickly makes it available to the doctors on call, enabling medical professionals to make better decisions with greater speed.
- PMPeople to trust Projectized Organizations (opens new window), this collaboration tool trusts IPFS to get the job done.
- Cryptomapia –The Blockchain Ecosystem (opens new window), explore, interact with and read the latest news of the Blockchain ecosystem with our interactive map.
# 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.
- An IPFS+Filecoin meetup is happening in Hong Kong (opens new window), 24 Nov 2018
- Get started with IPFS at the Contribute to Open Source Project IPFS (opens new window) in Berlin on Dec 9!
- The Internet Archive is hosting a Decentralized Web Meetup (opens new window) on 11 December 2018, in San Francisco, California.
- 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.
- Global Diversity CFP Day 2019 (opens new window) will be on Saturday March 2nd. In 2019 there will be numerous workshops hosted around the globe encouraging and advising newbie speakers to put together your very first talk proposal and share your own individual perspective on any subject of interest to people in tech.
- Data Terra Nemo (opens new window) is coming up in May 2019, and they’ve announced Juan Benet (opens new window) as their first speaker.
# 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.