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May 29, 2018 · Blockchain

How IPFS Works: A Deep Dive into Its Architecture and Core Components

This article explains the fundamentals of IPFS, covering its file system nature, content‑addressed Merkle‑DAG structure, the multi‑layer architecture (naming, merkledag, exchange, routing, network), IPLD data modeling, and libp2p’s modular networking stack, illustrating how data is stored, addressed, and transferred in a distributed manner.