While this was a set-back for IPFS integration in the short-term, this early work laid the foundation for recent efforts at combining the two projects. Shortly after this initial success, however, Brave switched to Chromium for its engine. In fact, this initiative got as far as a proof of concept implementation (opens new window) that provided for the resolution of the IPFS URIs in Brave’s address bar!Īn initial attempt at streaming IPFS files in Brave via IPFS Companion This integration between IPFS and Brave is itself the product of a long-running experimental collaboration that began in 2017 (opens new window), back in the days when the Brave UI was still powered by Muon (a fork of Electron). IPFS, meanwhile, has collaborated with such names as Microsoft (developing a decentralized identity stack (opens new window)), Netflix (experimenting fetching Docker images via IPFS (opens new window)), and NixOS (decentralizing source code and build products (opens new window)).Įarly experiment showcasing IPFS URI resolution in Brave Brave now ships with built-in wallets for cryptocurrencies, private windows that leverage Tor, and a highly integrated VPN option. In this post, we discuss the process in bringing this collaboration to fruition, and take a look under the hood to see how we accomplished this integration! # Collaborationīoth Brave and IPFS have a long history of successful partnerships with other projects and vendors. You may have heard the news: as of release 1.19.86 (opens new window), the Brave browser has officially added InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) (opens new window) support! This work is the result of a multi-year effort to bring the two projects together.
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