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diff --git a/network/ipfs-pack/README b/network/ipfs-pack/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e3a01d7f10 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/ipfs-pack/README @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is a hypermedia p2p protocol suite +that has HTTP gateway built in. It can be used to store any kind of +immutable datasets, organized in files, directories, and commits. + +For more information, check out go-ipfs (which is central package for +IPFS, but not a direct dependency for ipfs-pack). + +ipfs-pack is a tool and library to work with ipfs and large +collections of data in UNIX/POSIX filesystems. + +It identifies singular collections or bundles of data (the pack). + +It creates a light-weight cryptographically secure manifest that +preserves the integrity of the collection over time, and travels +with the data (PackManifest). + +It helps use ipfs in a mode that references the filesystem files +directly and avoids duplicating data (filestore). + +It carries a standard dataset metadata file to capture and present +information about the dataset (data-package.json). + +It helps verify the authenticity of data through a file carrying +cryptographic signatures (PackAuth). |