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From: Marco D'Agostini <madacol10@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:04:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] New: Share file with ipfs

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+# Share file with ipfs
+
+**Warning:** Only tested serving the file, not downloading it
+
+1. [Install ipfs](https://ipfs.io/#install)
+2. Initiate ipfs main folder `ipfs init`, not sure why but this is required for following commands
+3. Serve a file `ipfs add {filepath}`. It should return something like this
+```bash
+added QmdsEVLRXioANssEVLRXYioANsGtANsGtRXYioANsGtAWZ file.md
+ 37.62 KiB / 37.62 KiB [===========================] 100.00%
+```
+4. Start server with `ipfs daemon`
+5. Download file from any device `ipfs get /ipfs/QmdsEVLRXioANssEVLRXYioANsGtANsGtRXYioANsGtAWZ` <-- that's the hash returned from previous command
+```bash
+$ ls
+QmdsEVLRXioANssEVLRXYioANsGtANsGtRXYioANsGtAWZ
+```
+Note the filename is just the hash, the original filename is lost.
+
+*Haven't researched if there's an easy way to persist the filename*
+
+
+## What led to learning this
+
+- [Random news of ipfs in HN](https://blog.ipfs.io/2020-09-24-go-ipfs-0-7-0/). It just reminded me I've never tried it out.\
+And in recent months I've had difficulty sharing files p2p