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That's exactly what WWW is, though. Your browser knows how to resolve a domain with DNS and fetch over HTTP file at a certain path.
by lucian1900 10y ago
That's exactly what WWW is, though. Your browser knows how to resolve a domain with DNS and fetch over HTTP file at a certain path.
- jstanley 10y agoWWW isn't content-addressed though. There can be varying content at the same address, and identical content at different addresses.
- lgierth 10y agoHTTP is centered around hosts being the authority over what content a certain URL maps to, while IPFS and other content-addressed systems don't have a notion of server/client, or central authority. The content itself is the authority, as its name is derived from the content itself.
- ashark 10y agoIt's the difference between "get whatever this is" and "get this, wherever it is".