XDxd1936·Oct 16, 2023
When I saw this headline, I was hoping for direct IPFS downloading without the use of an HTTP gateway (like ipget[1]), but I suppose this will do.
1. https://github.com/ipfs/ipget
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ipget
Retrieve files with IPFS + Amino DHT and save them locally.
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Retrieve files with IPFS + Amino DHT and save them locally.
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2 sourcesNot really, a transient ipfs node works just fine.
There are stable nodes to bootstrap a new node into the network. More initialization that if you were using http, sure, but it isn’t as against the grain as you suggest.
https://github.com/ipfs/ipget
In IPFS support got merged into curl