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# Wrap up 2020 with IPFS and friends!
Join us on December 11 for a mini-celebration featuring talks from all of the IPFS working groups: Core Implementations, Ecosystem, Web + GUI, and Bifrost, as well as special presentations from guests including Textile, Pinata, 3Box, Berty, and Fleek!
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# IPFS in 2021 – Call for Proposals
Want to help shape the 2021 IPFS project plan? We’re looking for your input on what’s important for IPFS to focus on next year! The proposal period runs through Monday, December 7. Read the full announcement for more details on how you can give your input.
# Thread of the week 🧵
(1/) 🧰Building Out Loud🧰
— space (@spacestorage) November 27, 2020
This week, we wanted to give a quick look at what’s happening behind the curtain when you upload a file into Space.
AKA, how we work with @textileio to provide encrypted online storage on @IPFS.
Hop in👇
# Catch up on Meetup videos
Check out talks from IPLD, Agregore, Vibenarium, and more by visiting the IPFS YouTube page.
# Brand new on IPFS
- A Milestone in Storage (opens new window): Filecoin surpasses 1 exbibyte, or 4000 Wikipedias, for context.
- Learn how to securely share files (opens new window) on Algorand with IPFS with this in-depth tutorial.
- Check out Slate (opens new window), an open-sourced, IPFS-powered, gorgeously designed alternative to Dropbox!
- That was fast! (opens new window) Discover how to encrypt your life in 10 minutes, from our friends at Berty.
# People are building the coolest stuff with IPFS
Learn all about the distributed pinning of IPFS hashes (opens new window).
Discover how to choose the right blockchain for your NFT (opens new window).
Check out this interview with Infura’s E.G. Galano (opens new window) on the latest episode of The Defiant podcast.
Wondering how is Space different (opens new window) from Cloud Storage?
Walk through building a simple dapp to demonstrate how to send a transaction using both web3.js and ethers.js via Infura’s APIs in this recent tutorial (opens new window).
IPFS and ProtoSchool both got a shoutout on the latest Eureka Street Crypto Hub episode (opens new window).
# The Latest in the DWeb Ecosystem
Join the builders of the Decentralized Web as they discuss hitting new milestones with their projects this year. This Thursday, 03 December, the DWeb community will hear from 12 of these builders, including Fluence Labs, Simply Secure, and Dietrich Ayala from IPFS.
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# Job hunting? Work on IPFS!
DevOps Engineer (opens new window): Your goal is to maintain the integrity of the infrastructure currently in place, with an ever-present goal of 100% service and application uptime. district0x, Remote.
Ecosystem Developer (opens new window): We are looking for a technical community manager to help us create a world-class developer ecosystem and experience around our open source community. 3Box, Remote.
Software Engineer - Low Level JavaScript (opens new window): you will be responsible for pushing the limits of p2p technology within browser environments. Your work will range from optimizing crypto and networking libraries to designing user experiences around difficult usability challenges. 3Box, Remote.
Technical Writer (opens new window): who can primarily create high-quality technical content, but has some other adjacent skills as well in the form of graphic design and/or video editing. Contract, Remote.
Take care of yourselves and each other. ❤️
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