Here’s what’s happening in the InterPlanetary File System (opens new window) galaxy! 🚀
# LikeCoin closes out the IPFS Case Study series
The first series of IPFS Case Studies is now complete, ending with a look into how LikeCoin decentralizes the standard of truth for online media content with IPFS. Based on the Cosmos SDK, LikeCoin uses IPFS and custom IPLD to achieve its vision.
Read the case study (opens new window)
# Preparing for Filecoin Mainnet launch
Next week Filecoin takes off, and to celebrate the team has a week full of action-packed talks, workshops, and panels from the Web3 community to celebrate mainnet launch and chart the future of the Filecoin network.
# 🚨 Attention IPFS Desktop Windows users 🚨
If you are on Windows and stuck with IPFS Desktop older than v0.13.1, please install IPFS-Desktop-Setup-0.13.2.exe 1 (opens new window) manually.
We fixed autoupdate issues on Windows platform in v0.13.1, however older versions may still struggle to update. Manual update is a one-time fix: from now on, Windows updates will work as expected.
# Paving the way for a new digital economy
Recently IPFS contributor Jessica Schilling was featured in Modern Consensus, a publication focused on blockchain and cryptocurrency. In her op-ed, she describes how IPFS aims to break the stranglehold of tech giants by decentralizing the internet.
# Brand new on IPFS
- Kickoff your application with js-libp2p (opens new window) with this guide to setting up a fully functional libp2p node
- VIDEO: Building Web3: (opens new window) Textile builds developer tools that return data ownership to users
- Introducing Litentry (opens new window), identity and related data management layer for the Polkadot ecosystem
- Coding with Ceramic Network (opens new window)—see what you can do with the document-based data storage network
# People are building the coolest things with IPFS
Check out ipfs-pharo (opens new window): an IPFS interface for Pharo
“We plan to establish the first IPFS node on Mars” (opens new window) says Filecoin Miner Neo Ge
A Guide to NFTs in Upland (opens new window). Bringing digital ownership to the next level
Hacker Noon interviewed frequent IPFS contributor Vaibhav Saini (opens new window) on Optimal Learning Process
Why the P2P Resurgence (opens new window) is the step backward the Internet desperately needs
VentureBeat (opens new window) featured Chrome’s extended list of URL schemes—including ipfs and ipns
Watch this demo of the Qri Desktop 0.5.0 release candidate (opens new window)
Install IPFS for Linux (opens new window) using the Snap Store
# Slingshot - put your project on Filecoin for FIL token rewards
Slingshot (opens new window) has kicked off and there’s still time to join the fun! Developers who integrate an application with and store useful data on Filecoin’s testnet can be eligible for potentially large Filecoin token rewards. Integrations can be as simple as using a tool like Textile’s Powergate (opens new window) to back up data your project is already storing on IPFS to Filecoin. Sign up and find out more here (opens new window)!
# Job hunting? Work on IPFS!
Devops or SRE (opens new window): The role is for someone with strong hands-on DevOps experience (cloud architecture, automated deployment, Kubernetes orchestration) that also likes to get their hands into the code (primarily written in Go). Textile, Remote.
Distributed Systems Engineer (opens new window): 3Box is looking for a distributed systems engineer to push the limits of decentralized distributed systems by implementing and upgrading the Ceramic protocol in a high performance scaled network.
Front-end Developer (opens new window): Are you an experienced front end dev that understands IPFS and linked data and wants to make an impact on the future of Web3? Ceramic is looking for a contractor to work on Ceramic Explorer.
Remote Senior Software Engineer (opens new window): We are looking for talented engineers to help us design, build, and architect the most difficult parts of the Audius protocol—high availability services for decentralized replication of data, latency-sensitive distributed file transfers, Ethereum smart contracts, infrastructure, tooling, and more. Audius, Remote
UI Engineer (opens new window): Come build scalable front-end applications, experiment with new technologies, and build beautiful products. Textile, Remote
View our job postings (opens new window)
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