IPFS Weekly Issue 105: Quick Reading of Important Events This Week

Welcome to IPFS Weekly

The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) ( https://ipfs.io/ ) is a new hypermedia distribution protocol, addressable by content and identity. IPFS enables the creation of fully distributed applications. Its goal is to make the web faster, more secure, and more open. Due to the large scope, this weekly newsletter aims to track developments across the ecosystem.

This is what is happening in the Interplanetary File System ecosystem!

See what we did there? Jokes aside, our latest case study series focuses on our friends at Fleek. Learn about the history of Fleek, the benefits they’ve seen using IPFS, and a quick tour.

Link: https://docs.ipfs.io/concepts/case-study-fleek/?utm_source=IPFS%20Weekly%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=4d02cecca4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_09_15_07_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cad54b2230-4d02cecca4-318158159#overview

Earlier this week, js-ipfs officially reached version 0.50.0, adding the ability to share nodes between multiple browser tabs and greatly improving pinning performance. It also includes a lot of new features, some API changes, and one breaking change you’ll want to check out.

Obsidian Systems is adding support for IPFS to the package manager Nix, but at its core is a general-purpose build tool so that build products can be persisted to or pulled from IPFS. Read below to see how they are splitting this work into two distinct phases (milestone 1 has been achieved!)

Later this week, we’ll be attending Decentralizing the Cloud: The Promise and Potential of Distributed Storage, hosted by our friends at Polkadot. Michelle Lee from Protocol Labs will be presenting to discuss design patterns from Filecoin and other projects, and explore how and why they can help us build the future of the decentralized web. Don’t miss it!