IPFS now on Storj network!

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Today at Devcon 5, we announced you can now use IPFS on the Storj network. Read all about this community-led effort:

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So now we can upload random files into storj network and… and then? It is just to test the network? Why 10MB limit?

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IPFS is a protocol. Supporting it means that we open the gates to a new group of applications.

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Just a follow-up via: Storj projects over before even started? - #2 by stefanbenten

In terms of storjipfs.com 5 we are working on issues in the connector, that caused files to not be available via the ipfs commands. When that it sorted out, we plan on starting it back up.

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@jocelyn I’m super happy about this announcement!

Good work guys! Unfortunately, when I go to storjipfs.com . I see “This service is currently offline”

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thanks for flagging that. I will pass along this feedback

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We built an IPFS pinning, prototype in 2019, but found it acted as an unnecessary bottleneck, significantly slowing speeds for retrieval on Storj due to the Kademlia-discovery process for routing.

It was a distraction for a users, so we discontinued it. (https://storj.io/blog/2019/10/ipfs-now-on-storj-network/)

We are working on a more direct integration into libp2p that may end up being more useful here: https://github.com/utropicmedia/storj-IPFS

For the meantime, I recommend using the direct uplink library rather than a gateway. This will get you AWS-par performance.

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^ tagging @kollo to see this reply

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Looking forward to!

Thanks!

@jocelyn Thank you.

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