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Similar. It’s a Merkle DAG. There’s an intro to IPFS content identifiers here: https://docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/content-addressing/ https://docs.ipfs.tech/conce
by kimburgess 3y ago
Similar. It’s a Merkle DAG.
There’s an intro to IPFS content identifiers here: https://docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/content-addressing/ https://docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/content-addressing/.
- runeks 3y agoThanks! Why a DAG rather than a tree, though? I can't seem to find an explanation for why a DAG is needed — I would think a tree should suffice.
- cutemonster 3y agoIt's content addressable: the same file can be linked to, from many places. So then it can't be a tree (But I'm new to IPFS) From https://ipfs.tech https://ipfs.tech: > the innovation of content addressing: store, retrieve, and locate data based on the fingerprint of its actual content