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0 pointsmburns2y ago0 comments

It is not.

IPFS exists entirely independently from Filecoin. There is no blockchain. Full stop.

That Filecoin uses some common tech with ipfs like libp2p and cids doesn’t change that.

If/when filecoin disappeared, ipfs would keep working exactly the same. Because ipfs does not have (or use or depends on) a blockchain.

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Dylan168072y ago

IPFS doesn't build on top of a block chain, but it has a blockchain.

It's not just common tech, it's made by the same people. It's not independent. Full stop.

And even if the question was "Does IPFS use/depend on a blockchain?", the appropriate answer would be "no*" or "no, but" and then something that mentions filecoin.

Let me put it in another context, would you say Brave has a blockchain? I'd definitely say it does.

mburnsOP2y ago

Plenty of blockchains—Filecoin included—use some amalgamation of IPFS, but the reverse isn’t true.

Heck, even Bluesky uses some IPFS tech. Does that mean it has a blockchain? Of course not.

> Let me put it in another context, would you say Brave has a blockchain? I'd definitely say it does.

I don’t use Brave, but from a cursory glance I think probably yes, it “uses/depends on” a blockchain for some functionality.

https://brave.com/1.39-release/

Can you show an example where that is the case for IPFS?

Dylan168072y ago

> Plenty of blockchains—Filecoin included—use some amalgamation of IPFS, but the reverse isn’t true.

But one of them is directly tied to it.

> I don’t use Brave, but from a cursory glance I think probably yes, it “uses/depends on” a blockchain for some functionality.

It's just a web page, the actual browser functionality doesn't depend on it. But maybe it wasn't the best example.

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Dylan168072y ago

IPFS doesn't build on top of a block chain, but it has a blockchain.

It's not just common tech, it's made by the same people. It's not independent. Full stop.

And even if the question was "Does IPFS use/depend on a blockchain?", the appropriate answer would be "no*" or "no, but" and then something that mentions filecoin.

Let me put it in another context, would you say Brave has a blockchain? I'd definitely say it does.

mburnsOP2y ago

Plenty of blockchains—Filecoin included—use some amalgamation of IPFS, but the reverse isn’t true.

Heck, even Bluesky uses some IPFS tech. Does that mean it has a blockchain? Of course not.

> Let me put it in another context, would you say Brave has a blockchain? I'd definitely say it does.

I don’t use Brave, but from a cursory glance I think probably yes, it “uses/depends on” a blockchain for some functionality.

https://brave.com/1.39-release/

Can you show an example where that is the case for IPFS?

Dylan168072y ago

> Plenty of blockchains—Filecoin included—use some amalgamation of IPFS, but the reverse isn’t true.

But one of them is directly tied to it.

> I don’t use Brave, but from a cursory glance I think probably yes, it “uses/depends on” a blockchain for some functionality.

It's just a web page, the actual browser functionality doesn't depend on it. But maybe it wasn't the best example.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse