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IPFS - Content Addressed, Versioned, P2P File System

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Authors: Juan Benet
Date: 2014
Publisher: Juan Benet
Version: Source cited by the 2014 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0188
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Benet, J. (2014). IPFS - Content Addressed, Versioned, P2P File System. Juan Benet. https://ipfs.tech/ipfs/QmR7GSQM93Cx5eAg6a6yRzNde1FQv7uL6X1o4k7zrJa3LX/ipfs.draft3.pdf

BibTeX

@techreport{ipfs2014,
  title = {IPFS - Content Addressed, Versioned, P2P File System},
  author = {Juan Benet},
  year = {2014},
  institution = {Juan Benet},
  url = {https://ipfs.tech/ipfs/QmR7GSQM93Cx5eAg6a6yRzNde1FQv7uL6X1o4k7zrJa3LX/ipfs.draft3.pdf},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/ipfs}
}

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AU  - Juan Benet
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N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
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CSL-JSON

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