Hi, I am experimenting with ipfs these days. And one thing I wanna clarify is that in ipfs everything is referenced using a hash ( content hash). But hashes are very long, hard to remember. Is there any way I can refer the content I am retrieving by its name (I know, it can’t be refer by its name) …

Yes, you probably want to do research into IPNS, it will allow you to turn that hash into something that looks like a domain name.

Another option: [image] Naming system for all the local file hashes? Help Files API enables you to assign “filesystem names” to hashes – perhaps it is what you are looking for? Check ipfs files --help and the thread below: [image] How does Files API…

Thanks ipfs files was really helpful. I can do some stuff around it. But let’s say I am building a webapp on IPFS and some guy writes a few article and their hashes are generated. Now if he opens the webapp again, he should see a list of the articles he wrote. My ques here is - How do i retrive co…

You probably will be interested in CRDTs and IPFS pubsub. These resources should be a good starting point: Ipfs dynamic content like cms IPFS blog: Distributed pubsub primitives for js-ipfs in the Browser

[image] cbluth: Yes, you probably want to do research into IPNS, it will allow you to turn that hash into something that looks like a domain name. Hm, not really. IPNS is not something that looks like a domain, it will still have a long hash (your Peer ID) that you need to reference. I think…

I don’t like the hashes either and I just wrote an article on this subject: http://decentralized.blog/ten-terrible-attempts-to-make-ipfs-human-friendly.html Please let me know what you think! Slow link here http://localhost:8080/ipns/decentralized.blog/ :slight_smile:

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lidel September 10, 2017, 10:49am 3

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