# A Practical Explainer for IPFS Gateways - Part 1 | IPFS Blog & News

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/a-practical-explainer-for-ipfs-gateways-part-1-ipfs-blog-news/14446>\
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**Created:** [June 9, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/a-practical-explainer-for-ipfs-gateways-part-1-ipfs-blog-news/14446 "2022-06-09T19:05:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ipfs1/original/1X/035cb0e41547e8c019cdfd4466a4736c843af1c9.png) [@system](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/a-practical-explainer-for-ipfs-gateways-part-1-ipfs-blog-news/14446/1 "2022-06-09T19:05:30Z")

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The Interplanetary File System (IPFS) is a peer-to-peer protocol for storing and accessing **files and websites**. As a decentralized **peer-to-peer** protocol, it's fundamentally different from the HTTP protocol that forms the foundation for the internet.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.ipfs.io/2022-06-09-practical-explainer-ipfs-gateways-1/](https://blog.ipfs.io/2022-06-09-practical-explainer-ipfs-gateways-1/)

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**Author:** ![npup](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/npup/32/9321_2.png) [@npup](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/npup)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/a-practical-explainer-for-ipfs-gateways-part-1-ipfs-blog-news/14446/2 "2025-07-09T07:40:31Z")

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Brave no longer supports local node support and the ipfs:// scheme, as of aug 22, 2024. Better update the text in this article.

See [IPFS Support in Brave | Brave](https://brave.com/blog/ipfs-support/) and h-t-t-p-s://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/37735

regards

(PS i had to mangle the second link a bit since new users are apparently not allowed to post more than one link :D. DS.)