# 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
# js-ipfs-http-client v40 release, woo! 🎉
In the latest release of client library for the IPFS HTTP API, a bug preventing the JWT from being pushed through to every API call was fixed! Check out the full release notes (opens new window) for more details.
# IPFS featured in this Fall 2019 Advanced CS course at Old Dominion University
IPFS was featured (opens new window) as part of an upper-division course on web server design taught by Sawood Alam (opens new window), as well as the Interplanetary WayBack. See all of the course lecture slides here (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).
- IPFS & Blockchain: Two Peas in a Pod (opens new window), Viraz Malhotra, 26 Nov 2019
- 50 Wallets Signed-Up, Growing dWeb, TruffleSuite, & More: ENS Ecosystem Update (opens new window), Brantly Millegan, 22 Nov 2019
- Can You Really Break the Internet? (opens new window) James Frew, 22 Nov 2019
- Built on Origin: A Decentralized Shopify Alternative (opens new window), Nick Poulden, 20, Nov 2019
- A Review on Blockchain Technology and Blockchain Projects Fostering Open Science (opens new window), Frontiers, 19 Nov 2019
- Introducing the Mattereum Asset Passport (opens new window), James Hester, 19 Nov 2019
- ‘Pepo’ is the first Apple Pay approved DApp (opens new window), Faisal Khan, 19 Nov 2019
- Textile's primer on libp2p (or why we ❤️ libp2p) (opens new window), Textile, 19 Nov 2019
- Blockchain-based storage service takes on Amazon AWS, unveils pricing (opens new window), Lucas Mearian, 19 Nov 2019
- New Tools for Running IPFS Nodes (opens new window), Infura, 18 Nov 2019
- Why Vitalik and Everyone Else Has “.ETH” in their Twitter Profiles (and You Should, Too!) (opens new window), Brantly Millegan, 18 Nov 2019
- Your Next App May Not Have a Back End (opens new window), Alessandro Segala, 15 Nov 2019
- The Ultimate Guide to ENS Names (opens new window), Eric Conner, 12 Nov 2019
# Open Positions working on IPFS
- NEW! Senior Backend Engineer (IPFS) - Golang/Python or Golang/JavaScript (opens new window), Infura, Brooklyn, San Francisco, Remote
- Tech Lead, Distributed Systems Test Infrastructure (opens new window), Protocol Labs, Remote
- Distributed Systems Engineer, IPFS Cluster (Go) (opens new window), Protocol Labs, Remote
- Senior Backend Engineer (opens new window), MXC Foundation gGmbH, Berlin, Germany
- Distributed Systems Technical Lead, IPFS (opens new window), Protocol Labs, Remote
# 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).
- Zil.Link (opens new window): A service bridging IPFS and traditional DNS.
- RecipeRadar (opens new window): Peer-to-peer sharing of a session via CRDTs over IPFS.
- 3Box Architecture: An introduction to the 3Box technology stack (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.
- 3-4 December, 2019: Actyx Hackathon (opens new window), hosted by SmartFactoryOWL, is coming next month. As part of the hackathon, the application of the Actyx platform, (which uses IPFS and libp2p) will be tested and applied to the “living object.” Lemgo, Germany.
- 6 December 2019: React Day Berlin (opens new window): Build code, not walls. Take part in the exploration of the React universe! Focusing on in-depth talks, hands-on workshops, and finding new opportunities, React Day Berlin conference provides space for everyone to make friends and develop stellar apps together. Berlin, Germany.
Fission is running a series of Decentralized Web Meetups (opens new window). At each, Brooke @expede (opens new window) will be doing an IPFS 101 overview, and then explain how we’re using it to build the Fission platform. We’ve got other speakers on other decentralized web topics.
- 29 November 2019 Amsterdam, Netherlands Decentralized Web Meetup (opens new window), including @berkes presenting peer-to-peer cartography with Peermaps (opens new window)
# 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.