How We Made IPFS Content Publishing 10x Faster

Post by deno » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 5:49 PM UTC

catapart wrote: post #7

I'll add to the "is it still...?" questions. Last I was told about it, there was no way to delete stuff from IPFS. Nothing enforceable, at least. Setting aside that public stuff is "impossible" to delete on the internet, there's something appealing to me about being able to shut off my server. Feels like that is less possible with IPFS hosted content. Does anyone have some perspective for me about removing content?

Post by catapart » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 6:08 PM UTC

deno wrote: post #11

catapart wrote: post #7

I'll add to the "is it still...?" questions. Last I was told about it, there was no way to delete stuff from IPFS. Nothing enforceable, at least. Setting aside that public stuff is "impossible" to delete on the internet, there's something appealing to me about being able to shut off my server. Feels like that is less possible with IPFS hosted content. Does anyone have some perspective for me about removing content?

Imagine you created a torrent (and/or magnet link) with a file and then stopped seeding after some time. If it was popular it will probably live on, if not then eventually it disappears.

Post by MattCruikshank » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 6:10 PM UTC

boramalper wrote: post #12

Is anyone still (or has anyone ever) used IPFS in production? I’m not talking about technology demos such as Wikipedia-on-IPFS (which indeed worked and was impressive) but where IPFS is actually being relied on for some functionality.

Post by frollogaston » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 6:11 PM UTC

boramalper wrote: post #12

Is anyone still (or has anyone ever) used IPFS in production? I’m not talking about technology demos such as Wikipedia-on-IPFS (which indeed worked and was impressive) but where IPFS is actually being relied on for some functionality.

Post by boramalper » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC

frollogaston wrote: post #17

boramalper wrote: post #12

Is anyone still (or has anyone ever) used IPFS in production? I’m not talking about technology demos such as Wikipedia-on-IPFS (which indeed worked and was impressive) but where IPFS is actually being relied on for some functionality.

NFT artwork, if you count that. Briefly checked, the ones that were traded for the most were using IPFS rather than HTTP. But I also don't trust that these aren't self-wash sales (easy given the "NF" part), also NFTs are dumb.