Brave becomes the first web browser to add the Native Peer-to-Peer IPFS protocol to its engine.
Although primarily focuses on privacy and security, the Brave Browser for desktop adds every now and then many innovative features. Most of the time, these features help customers overcome the limitations of today's internet.
However, this time, developers have taken the extra step of protecting users' privacy by allowing decentralized and censored content on the Internet. Brave has become the first bowser to integrate the InterPlanetary File System. This new peer-to-peer transfer protocol aims to re-imagine how the internet should work and manage content.
What is IPFS?
The InterPlanetary File System (if we try to translate it we might say so Interplanetary File System), better known as IPFS, differs from HTTPS , which is currently considered the basic internet standard. Compared to HTTPS, IPFS is designed and optimized for decentralized data. IPFS uses multiple nodes to store content instead of relying on a single web server.
The process is similar to sharing files via the BitTorrent protocol, but IPFS enforces a better line of security and privacy. The new budding process provides the internet with advantages such as extra protection against attacks with base DDoS and an advanced caching system. In short, the IPFS protocol can change the way we see the internet in the future.
"Innovative IPFS content address" uses content identifiers (CIDs) to form an address based on the content itself as opposed to locating data based on the address of a server. "The integration of the IPFS open source network is a key milestone in making the Web more transparent, decentralized and resilient." said Brian Bondy , CTO and cofounder by Brave.
The Brave team says that implementing IPFS will allow users to bypass geo-restrictions and many methods of censorship. Native support for the protocol means users don't need one extension when they want to access content stored via the IPFS protocol. Instead, they can type in the URLs starting with ifps:// and locate the files in question.
It should be noted that the IPFS system prioritizes content over HTTPS, which uses a data host as the unique identifier.
Protocol Labs is developing the IPFS protocol and aims to reverse the central status quo of the internet. This project is often discussed with blockchain and cryptocurrency, but they are not the same. Both technologies use peer-to-peer technology as a basis, but that's where the similarities end and the differences begin.
