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How to browse ipfs:// ? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just wanted to browse ipfs. So I went here :
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System

it says... :

Opera (browser) for Android has default support for IPFS, allowing mobile users to browse ipfs:// links to access data on the IPFS network.

So I just need one "ipfs:// links" right ?
... let's find one !

So I navigate through these... :

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filecoin https://filecoin.io/ https://filscan.io/tipset/chain/ https://filscan.io/miner/f01043193/

There, I finally get a link which I try and... it crashes the browser !

Do you know an easy way to get to one of those links (ipfs://) from a browser ?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on the browser. I know brave has support for direct ipfs links. There may be others. Chrome & Firefox do not iirc. It looks like you'll need to use a ipfs gateway. I'm on my phone, so I don't have any gateway links handy. Search for ipfs gateway on your favorite search engine. Paste your link there, you should be good to go. I think you can browse vain the ipfs desktop app, if that's an option, but its been a long time since I looked at it, so i could be wrong there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks 😄. So I found public gateways here :
https://ipfs.github.io/public-gateway-checker/
and I tested 7 out of 15.

All going to nowhere 🤨 !

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Host your own client?

Having said that, IPFS is heavily abused by malware groups, so you may find a lot of related software is blocked.