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As the world is moving towards decentralization revolution, a lot of apps(or dapps) are developed every day. A true dapp needs a truely decentralized infrastructure which includes a decentralized content distribution network. A lot of projects are working to create sustainable decentralized content distribution network as we have seen in the below post.
StoragePedia: An Encyclopedia of 5 Blockchain Storage Platforms
One of them is IPFS. I have been working with it for quite a while and recently I decided to create a simple dapp using it.
Let me introduce you to the IpfsCloud. In short, itâs google drive on IPFS.
How to use
- Install Metamask extension for your respective browser and create an account.
- Start uploading files.
Features
- Uses metamask for account creation, so it allows comparatively better anonymity that traditional cloud platforms.
- Uploading files from local storage.
- Unlimited storage(for now).
- Free storage.
- Sharing files via email and publicKey.
Up Coming Features
- Support for adding folders.
- Support for adding files.
- Support for uploading files from a URL.
- Sync with your mobile device.
- Better UI.
- Any feature that you may suggest in the comments.
Contribute to the project
Here is the link to the github repo: https://github.com/vasa-develop/ipfscloud
Honestly saying I am not able to decide what things should I add to this project. Should I add social authentication feature(login via google, facebook, github etc) to it? Add your suggestions in the commentsâŠ
Thanks for reading;)
About the Author
Vaibhav Saini is a Co-Founder of TowardsBlockchain, an MIT Cambridge Innovation Center incubated startup.
He works as Senior blockchain developer and has worked on several blockchain platforms including Ethereum, Quorum, EOS, Nano, Hashgraph, IOTAÂ etc.
He is currently a sophomore at IITÂ Delhi.
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Want to learn more? Checkout my previous articles.
- Setting up your first distributed private storage network on IPFS: Part 1
- Hosting a site for free on IPFS
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