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.

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2019 IPFS Camp Recap

In case you missed it, David Dias and the IPFS Camp team wrote up a recap of last month’s event with links to talks, resources and more, so check it out on the IPFS blog. (opens new window)

Announcing the arrival of js-ipfs-http-client-lite

js-ipfs-http-client-lite (opens new window) is the proof of concept IPFS pubsub finally working in the browser using fetch and streams APIs. An alternative client library for the IPFS HTTP API, aiming to be as lightweight as possible (<20kB) in the browser. Check it out!

New ProtoSchool IPFS Mutable File System (MFS) tutorial and Resources pages

Check out ProtoSchool’s new interactive tutorial on the IPFS Mutable File System, which lets you work with IPFS files and directories as if you were using a traditional name-based file system. Then take a look at the new Resources page (opens new window), which can now be found at the end of all existing tutorials moving forward.

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).

• THREAD: What’s the coolest thing you’ve seen done with IPFS? (opens new window) 13 July 2019
• Multicoin, Coinbase Ventures Invest $1.5 Million in ‘Decentralized Flickr’ (opens new window), CoinDesk, 11 July 2019
• INTfs — Protocol for encrypted, private and anonymous distributed file sharing in the INT Network (opens new window), Grayblock, 9 July 2019
• As summer continues to heat up, so too does Textile! (opens new window) Textile Update | June 2019, 9 July 2019
• Understanding IPFS in Depth(4/6): What is MultiFormats? (opens new window) Hackernoon, 8 July 2019
• Introducing The Gathering: IPFS Camp, 2019 (opens new window), Victor Rortvedt, 8 July 2019
• Deep Dives: Decentralized Data Processing (opens new window), 7 July 2019
• The need for Decentralized Identity (opens new window), MOXY, 5 July 2019
• IPFS Camp 2019: The Highlights and Takeaways (opens new window), Textile, 1 July 2019
• SLIDES: go-ds-crdt (opens new window), Héctor Sanjuán, 28 June 2019
• Implementing History Aware IPNS Via Certificate Transparency Log Data Structure Trillian (opens new window), Sawood Alam, 28 June 2019
• VR Hackfest: Behind Palo Alto City Library’s Exhibit (opens new window), 27 June 2019
• Temporal’s IPFS HTTP API endpoint is in production now! (opens new window) 26 June 2019
• Peergos Security Audit, June 2019 (opens new window), 14 June 2019
• VIDEO: Integrating IPFS With Hyperledger (opens new window), Temporal, June 2019

Updates and new releases

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

• go-filecoin 0.3.2 is released (opens new window)
• v0.6 of go-textile (opens new window) is now out which fixes textile profile set —{name|avatar}

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).

• Interplanetary Tag (opens new window) – Building peer-to-peer games on IPFS
• go-ds-bbolt (opens new window) – Datastore implementation using bbolt as a backend
• pinatapinner (opens new window) – Publish folders on IPFS using Pinata
• Decentralized Websies Portal: almonit.club (opens new window). It’s a directory of decentralized websites.
• ENS+IPFS Firefox Plugin (opens new window): Lets you access decentralized websites from Firefox browser.

Web3 Conference p2p node

IPFS, Ethereum and others will have a a peer2peer focused node in the Web3 conference hackerspace. Do you have an idea, a presentation, a workshop, a game or anything p2p related that you would like to talk about? Grab a spot in the node’s schedule by submitting your proposal here (opens new window).

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.

• 18-21 July 2019: DWeb Camp (opens new window) is a chance for dreamers and builders to come together in one of the most beautiful spots on earth for a 4-day retreat to reimagine and build the web we want and deserve, location south of San Francisco, California.
• 28 July 2019: ProtoSchool - Shanghai Chapter: Technical Salon Session 4 (opens new window) will focus on technical deep dives and evangelize decentralized storage network and its developing ecosystem. Hosted by Shanghai Decentralized Systems Meetup Group.
• 2-5 August 2019: Offline Camp (opens new window) is a 4-day retreat to explore Offline First development and design in Grants Pass, Oregon. Learn more about the event here. (opens new window)
• 7 August 2019: Paris P2P (opens new window) is holding its first event, Paris P2P #0 (opens new window) to discuss the topics of peer-to-peer (P2P), decentralization, networks and autonomous communities, distributed and decentralized systems, and more. Submit your talk ideas here (opens new window) for future events.

Thanks for reading ☺️

That’s it for this week’s news on all things IPFS. If we missed something, send us an email and let us know! That way we can feature you in next week’s edition.