# Welcome to the last IPFS Weekly of 2018! 🎉
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, and remember, we’ll be back with more news on January 8th!👋
# The latest
- IPLD gets a shout out in Mikeal Rogers’ talk from CascadiaJS 2018, “The Future of the Web.” (opens new window)
- Miss the last IPFS Weekly Call? Catch up by watching this video from the December 17th call (opens new window). And mark your calendars for the first call of 2019 on Monday, January 7th (opens new window) when Rüdiger Klaehn will be presenting on a prototype of an IPFS-based manufacturing execution system. See you then!
# 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).
- The four factors to consider for optimal IPFS node distribution (opens new window), Textile, 18 Dec 2018
- BCH Devs Publish Bi-Directional Payment Concept Based on IPFS (opens new window), Bitcoin News, 18 Dec 2018
- A Distributed Search Engine for the Distributed Web (opens new window), Pact, 13 Dec 2018
- Just recorded a Todo DApp based on peer-base working in a plane without internet connection. (opens new window) They were both connected via a WIFI hotspot. André Cruz, 12 Dec 2018
- Entering the world of IPFS (opens new window), Zinc, 07 Sep 2018
# Updates and new releases
See the latest releases of IPFS tools and projects across the ecosystem.
# In progress
What’s coming up next for the IPFS community and ecosystem.
- Check out this WIP to add go-ipfs to openbsd ports (opens new window)
- Look at the progress the js-ipfs dev team has made on the upcoming release of v0.34.0 (opens new window) 😍
# 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).
- The public release of the Aegeus 1.0.0 Beta has arrived! (opens new window)
- Check out qtum-ipfs (opens new window), a demo for sharing files via Qtum and IPFS.
- Quasar (opens new window), by ClusterLabs, is an open, decentralized, anonymous search engine on IPFS.
- Learn to Build Decentralized Applications In an Hour: Introducing ‘Zero-to-Dapp’ (opens new window), via Blockstack
- Why digital tokens are the foundation for a new Internet (opens new window), Blockchain Association, 13 Dec 2018
# 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.
- AraCon (opens new window), the first Aragon Conference, will take place in Berlin, Germany on January 29-30, 2019.
- The Stanford Blockchain Conference 2019 (opens new window) is January 30th-February 1st 2019, Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford University.
- IPFS will be a topic of discussion at FOSDEM 2&3 February 2019 in Brussels. Join us there! (opens new window)
- Sign up to be notified for IPFS Conf 2019 (opens new window), in Lisbon.
- 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 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.