# Understanding the Three Fundamental Principles of How IPFS Works | IPFS Blog & News

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/understanding-the-three-fundamental-principles-of-how-ipfs-works-ipfs-blog-news/12578>\
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**Created:** [November 3, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/understanding-the-three-fundamental-principles-of-how-ipfs-works-ipfs-blog-news/12578 "2021-11-03T18:54:34Z")\
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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:** [November 3, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/understanding-the-three-fundamental-principles-of-how-ipfs-works-ipfs-blog-news/12578/1 "2021-11-03T18:54:34Z")

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The InterPlantery File System - IPFS - is a peer-to-peer distributed system for storing and accessing files, websites, applications, and data. IPFS is designed to power the Distributed Web - DWeb.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.ipfs.io/2021-11-03-understanding-fundamentals-of-ipfs/](https://blog.ipfs.io/2021-11-03-understanding-fundamentals-of-ipfs/)

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**Author:** ![metahackn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@metahackn](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/metahackn)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/understanding-the-three-fundamental-principles-of-how-ipfs-works-ipfs-blog-news/12578/2 "2021-11-10T08:24:16Z")

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You forget most important thing: data safety, why nodes store users data?

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**Author:** ![IpfsIsCool1234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/46a35a/32.png) [@IpfsIsCool1234](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/IpfsIsCool1234)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/understanding-the-three-fundamental-principles-of-how-ipfs-works-ipfs-blog-news/12578/3 "2022-02-03T08:48:31Z")

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they do not. Store your own data.