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title: IPFS
status: 🌱
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The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a [[protocol]] and peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system. IPFS uses content-addressing to uniquely identify each file in a global namespace connecting all computing devices.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System>