# IPFS\> IPNS Even if I publish different folders, I always get the same peerID **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** ipns\ **Created:** [August 7, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-ipns-even-if-i-publish-different-folders-i-always-get-the-same-peerid/14937 "2022-08-07T13:23:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![danieln](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/danieln/32/6408_2.png) [@danieln](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/danieln)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-ipns-even-if-i-publish-different-folders-i-always-get-the-same-peerid/14937/21 "2022-08-30T08:13:36Z")
> [@zacharywhitley](#): > > Unless they created the second one by just copying the first one. Indeed. **It’s considered a bad practice to have multiple Kubo instances sharing the same PeerID/Key running simultaneously** as it will create race conditions as described in this reply: [How to import key to let others publish in same IPNS record - #2 by ylempereur](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-to-import-key-to-let-others-publish-in-same-ipns-record/15066/2) > The main issue is that it “reprovides” the IPNS record every 4 hours. So, if you publish a new record on a node, it provides it. If you later publish to the same address from another node, it provides the new one. But, a bit later, the original node will “reprovide” **its** own record, walking it back. Then the other will reprovide its record, etc… The more nodes you have, the more they will fight (and only one has the real record at any one time). Also, they each keep the count locally, so multiple nodes will start providing records with the same count, but with different content. In the end, it’ll be a mess. [Previous page](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-ipns-even-if-i-publish-different-folders-i-always-get-the-same-peerid/14937.md?page=1)