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Re: [Multiformats] New versions of Multibase and Multihash published

Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com> Mon, 21 August 2023 12:39 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Multiformats] New versions of Multibase and Multihash published
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On 20/08/2023 17:23, Manu Sporny wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 10:57 AM Melvin Carvalho
> <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can I turn a CID into a URI and what would that look like?
>>
>> mh://<cid>
>>
>> ni://mh/<cid>
>>
>> Something like this?
> 
> No, because CIDs are not file hashes, so you can't just use Multihash for them:
> 
> https://docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/content-addressing/#cids-are-not-file-hashes

I'm not sure how you reach that conclusion? You can put a CID in a URL 
and the scheme will determine how it gets resolved. What that looks like 
really depends on what you're trying to achieve.

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