Although IPFS—the so-called Interplanetary File System— has far less name recognition than blockchain, it represents one of the essential technologies underlying the current boom in NFTs (non-fungible ...

Although the World Wide Web is a global network, it remains predominantly centralized in terms of data storage. Servers, whether physical or virtual, are housed in large server farms or cloud ...

As NFTs continue their march into the mainstream, it’s important to know how these supposedly permanent digital assets stay that way – or not. IPFS (or the InterPlanetary File System) is a protocol ...

The privacy-focused document editor Skiff believes it’s found a better way to protect your files. Instead of stashing your documents with a major cloud storage provider such as Amazon Web Services, ...

Learn how IPFS is used in phishing attacks and why it’s especially tricky to remove the impacted pages, as well as how to protect from this security threat. Image: Adobe Stock The fraudulent use of ...