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Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com> Thu, 07 September 2023 22:07 UTC

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On 07/09/2023 17:22, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> It's worth noting that IPFS often finds itself linked with Filecoin, 
> given both were developed by Protocol Labs. As mentioned in the IPFS 
> documentation, there's an intended seamless compatibility between IPFS 
> and Filecoin. Furthermore, a recent Filecoin GitHub issue described 
> Filecoin as the incentive layer for IPFS data retention. Is this a fair 
> understanding?

Not really. Filecoin is one of many projects that use IPFS. Conflating 
the two is a bit like conflating HTTP and S3 or Akamai. I'm not sure 
where your reasoning is going?

> I concur on the importance of proper documentation. Perhaps the Filecoin 
> Foundation or CASA could be considered as potential custodians for such 
> documentation?

The Filecoin Foundation does… Filecoin. I'm quite confident that the 
IPFS community would see itself there and I'm pretty sure that the FF 
people would be puzzled by the suggestion. CASA is for blockchain 
protocols, this seems totally unrelated?

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Robin Berjon (he/him)
Governance & Standards at Protocol Labs
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