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by diggan 3218 days ago
> While I'm at it, I should also mention the caveat that IPNS won't put an entry into the classic DNS system

True that, but we (I work on IPFS) have support for DNS with IPFS. I guess the best example is the website for IPFS.

ipfs.io resolves to the following TXT record: dnslink=/ipfs/QmPCawMTd7csXKf7QVr2B1QRDZxdPeWxtE4EpkDRYtJWty

Which means the ipfs.io website is built on IPFS and can be accessed via the public gateways:

https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPCawMTd7csXKf7QVr2B1QRDZxdPeWxtE4EpkD...

But, the dnslink record also means we can resolve ipfs.io via IPNS and get the same hash:

https://ipfs.io/ipns/ipfs.io/

All three links actually resolves to the same content, but in different ways.

A little bit of magic :)