How can you use IPFS for secure and decentralized data storage? (2024)

Key takeaways from this article

• Content-addressing:

  By using unique hashes based on file content, IPFS ensures data integrity and efficient retrieval. This cryptographic approach makes every piece of data verifiable, and it's like having a tamper-proof seal on your digital belongings.

• Version control:

  IPFS tracks changes with a version control system that’s like a time machine for your files. You can easily go back to previous versions without a hassle, ensuring you never lose important updates or documents.

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• Arslan Habib®

• Marcin Parafianowicz

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  Current cost of storing data on the blockchain are prohibitive. The only chain that resolved it is Internet Computer. Nevertheless, most data should not be stored on chain but with IPFS. It is a core element of web3 architecture. Too many projects use big tech claud services for data storage which represents a single point of failure. It is important to check if web3 project is really web3 based on the approach to storing the data.

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• Ahmed Saleem Blockchain | Business Development | Gen AI Expert | NFT | Metaverse | Web 3.0 Speaker | P2E Games | Web 3.0 | NFT Games | Nextjs Developer | Serverless | CDN | Game to Earn | Recruiter

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  IPFS enables secure, decentralized data storage by breaking files into blocks distributed across nodes, minimizing vulnerabilities. Its content addressing ensures integrity through unique cryptographic hashes. Users can encrypt data before storage, enhancing security. With decentralized control and private key access, IPFS offers resilience and privacy, making it a robust solution for secure and distributed data storage.

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• Patrick Camuso, CPA Camuso CPA | Digital Asset Investors | Web3 Businesses | CryptoCPA since 2016 | Web3 CFO | First CPA Firm To Accept Crypto | NFT Sales Tax | Author | Speaker

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  IPFS overarching objective lies in fostering a distributed web infrastructure that liberates users from reliance on intermediaries or centralized authorities for storing and exchanging data.IPFS offers a decentralized architecture, enabling data retrieval from any node within the network that hosts the desired content. This decentralized nature eliminates the reliance on a single point of failure, offering resilience and reliability even in the face of potential disruptions or outages.

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• Lori Brown Clever and experienced professional writer for hire.

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  IPFS is not only a distributed and permanent web of data and information. It is an emerging alternative to the current most common internet protocol known as HTTP which stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The obvious question then is... what is so bad about Http? It works fine. While it is true that Http has worked well for the average user of the internet, there has been lots of room for improvement. Some of the limitations that IPFS cures are things like slow upload and download speeds, and centralized data becoming a steady, paying gold mine for Zuckerberg & Gates. It's safer to store data in a decentralized version of the web then it is to trust old Bill gates at his Microsoft colony of servers filled with our information.

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• Kamil Polak, Ph.D. Pomagam twórcom kursów zarabiać więcej | Pokazuję jak osiągać więcej robiąc mniej | Wykładowca | Konsultant

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  IPFS utilizes a distributed network of interconnected nodes to store and share files, leveraging a peer-to-peer architecture to enable decentralized file storage and retrieval. This approach aims to reduce reliance on centralized servers and improve the resilience and availability of stored data.One of the key features of IPFS is its ability to provide persistent and tamper-evident storage through the use of cryptographic hashes and content addressing. This enhances the integrity and security of stored data, making it suitable for a wide range of applications, including decentralized applications (dApps), content delivery, and archival storage

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  IPFS can also be used in an enterprise setting for use cases such as storing documents and assets securely. Since we have the power of smart contracts and the immutability of the blockchain, we can use these technologies together and make tedious processes such as the transfer of assets, estate management, and certifications seamless and effective. Also IPFS is being widely used with NFTs where the images/media and Traits are stored in IPFS.

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• VISHNU G PRASAD Building in WEB3 Everyday| Driving Growth for Web3 Brands | Building Personal Brands for C-suites.

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  IPFS offers decentralised storage meaning it's less reliant on central servers, which makes it more resistant to censorship and server downtime. It's efficient and fast, retrieving files from the closest nodes, and saves space by storing identical files only once across its network. Additionally, IPFS maintains versions of files like a blockchain, ensuring a permanent web where files remain accessible as long as they're hosted somewhere in the network.

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• Kamil Polak, Ph.D. Pomagam twórcom kursów zarabiać więcej | Pokazuję jak osiągać więcej robiąc mniej | Wykładowca | Konsultant

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  IPFS offers several benefits that make it a compelling solution for decentralized and distributed file storage and sharing, e.g. Decentralization, content addressing, censorship resistance, data integrity, versioning and history, and scalability.

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  Upload files to IPFS with Apillon for free
  Ways to use IPFS for file sharing and storage. Upload documents to IPFS to ensure authenticity and generate unique CID values for easy sharing. Eliminate link rot for webpage assets such as images and videos using IPFS. Simplify file sharing with IPFS gateways like URL_1, offering user-friendly access. Host entire folders of content on IPFS using a single CID value. Archive public documents like property records or census data on IPFS and remember to pin them for long-term preservation. Check out Filebase's service for reliable IPFS pinning with 3x replication across diverse locations.

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• Kamil Polak, Ph.D. Pomagam twórcom kursów zarabiać więcej | Pokazuję jak osiągać więcej robiąc mniej | Wykładowca | Konsultant

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  One of the interesting use cases is Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). IPFS can be used to create decentralized and distributed content delivery networks, improving the availability and performance of web content and media delivery by leveraging peer-to-peer distribution.

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  One of the use cases for IPFS is definitely metadata for NFTs. By using IPFS, the owner of the NFT can be sure that metadata won't be tempered with.

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• Marcin Parafianowicz

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  In our decentralized identity project Empeiria we use extensively IPFS to store schemes. User can also use it to store the backup of the verifiable credentials. It is the safest and most convenient way to store the data in web3.

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• Yerasyl Amanbek Blockchain Engineer @ Entangle | CosmosSDK, CometBFT, EVM, Go, Solidity, JS

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  Probably the best way to learn would be practice. For less technical people you can start with pinata and upload some files there. If you need a little bit more challenging task maybe build an NFT collection. If you want to master the technology, read through docs and follow some instructions.

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• Arslan Habib®

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  Well,,,, Here's how IPFS keeps your data safe and sound:Content-Addressing: 🔑 Each file is assigned a unique hash based on its content, ensuring data integrity and efficient retrieval. Version Control: ⏪ Never lose track of changes with IPFS's built-in version control system. Data Availability: 🌐 Even if some nodes go offline, your data remains accessible, as it's replicated across the network. Encryption: 🔐 Protect your sensitive data with encryption at the file or shard level. Peer-to-Peer Network: 🤝 Data is delivered directly from the closest nodes, reducing latency and bandwidth consumption.

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  For me, one of the greatest ideas I've ever heard about file storage in decentralized networks comes from Prof. Harvey Campbell.The fact that you can record the authenticity of a project, a drawing, an idea, a phrase, a text, a song...Anything, without the need for a traditional database that can simply be altered or deleted, even due to a company's own failure, is spectacular.For instance, you can store a project that you don't intend to pursue now and later prove that the project was indeed yours on date x, time x, and minute x.

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