# \#bitswap

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## [Enable Bitswap client-only](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/enable-bitswap-client-only/18604)

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**Author:** [@fabiobozzo](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/fabiobozzo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/enable-bitswap-client-only/18604 "2024-10-14T11:54:54Z")

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Hi everybody. I’m trying to make my Kubo node use Bitswap client, only. The reason is we moved our Bitswap server to a dedicated service, which just uses: import "github.com/ipfs/boxo/bitswap/server" ... s := server.…

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## [How to setup V1 Relay in the new config](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-to-setup-v1-relay-in-the-new-config/14019)

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**Author:** [@susarlanikhilesh](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/susarlanikhilesh)\
**Replies:** 104\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/how-to-setup-v1-relay-in-the-new-config/14019 "2024-04-05T07:06:22Z")

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As the new config changed to Circuit Relay V2. But in a note(Releases · ipfs/kubo · GitHub) that they clearly mentioned saying for bitswap sessions we need to still port back to V1 in the config. How do I setup that an…

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## [Roadmap for Circuit Relay v2 File Transfer?](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/roadmap-for-circuit-relay-v2-file-transfer/14713)

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**Author:** [@christroutner](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/christroutner)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/roadmap-for-circuit-relay-v2-file-transfer/14713 "2024-04-03T14:02:09Z")

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I’ve got a question, but I’m also looking for clarification that I’m understanding the landscape correctly. Please correct me if any of these statements are incorrect: File passing between IPFS nodes uses bitswap. Cir…

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## [Where my peers store my Wantlist?and when they actually put the CIDs in their Wantlist?](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/where-my-peers-store-my-wantlist-and-when-they-actually-put-the-cids-in-their-wantlist/16209)

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**Author:** [@panos](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/panos)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/where-my-peers-store-my-wantlist-and-when-they-actually-put-the-cids-in-their-wantlist/16209 "2023-03-30T16:02:47Z")

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Hello there! As someone who is new to IPFS, I am trying to understand how Bitswap works. I have read from multiple sources that my peers store the CIDs I am looking for somewhere, although they don’t specify where. So th…

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## [More info needed: Go-ipfs ERROR bitswap provider querymanager/providerquerymanager](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/more-info-needed-go-ipfs-error-bitswap-provider-querymanager-providerquerymanager/15301)

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**Author:** [@christroutner](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/christroutner)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/more-info-needed-go-ipfs-error-bitswap-provider-querymanager-providerquerymanager/15301 "2023-03-30T14:45:16Z")

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I’m setting up a new app server running about 5 docker containers. One of them is Kubo/go-ipfs running this version: Kubo version: 0.14.0 Repo version: 12 This is a cloud server, and it’s running the exact same Docker …

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## [Can findprovs be used cache the result to be used by get?](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/can-findprovs-be-used-cache-the-result-to-be-used-by-get/15274)

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**Author:** [@NCGThompson](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/NCGThompson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/can-findprovs-be-used-cache-the-result-to-be-used-by-get/15274 "2022-09-30T17:51:07Z")

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Running ipfs routing findprovs \[CID\] -v causes Kubo to use the DHT (or whatever routing system set up in .16) to get a list of nodes that may have the entry corresponding with the CID. If I soon after run ipfs get \[CID\],…

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## [Is Bitswap discovery step worth the wait?](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/is-bitswap-discovery-step-worth-the-wait/13823)

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**Author:** [@yiannis](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/yiannis)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/is-bitswap-discovery-step-worth-the-wait/13823 "2022-04-04T16:58:00Z")

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My intuition tells me that the success rate of Bitswap as a content discovery mechanism is pretty low, perhaps close to zero. The way Bitswap tries to discover content in neighbouring/immediately-connected peers would ma…

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## [Where is the peers list populated for bitswap](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/where-is-the-peers-list-populated-for-bitswap/13499)

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**Author:** [@susarlanikhilesh](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/susarlanikhilesh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/where-is-the-peers-list-populated-for-bitswap/13499 "2022-02-17T11:24:45Z")

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Where is the peers list populated and sent to bitswap?

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## [Block level access control](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/block-level-access-control/13326)

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**Author:** [@ianopolous](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/ianopolous)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/block-level-access-control/13326 "2022-02-03T17:16:05Z")

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We’ve just released a ground-breaking new access control mechanism for blocks in IPFS which is post-quantum, capability-based, auto-scaling and fine grained. This involved extending the bitswap protocol to allow an optio…
