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by dna_polymerase 3067 days ago
I think you can run IPFS locally and access the IPFS network without a gateway this way.
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Kudos 3067 days ago
Sounds like IPFS needs more ubiquity before this is something you can rely on. I know IPFS support is coming to Firefox soon, but I suspect it's much further off for other browsers.
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icebraining 3067 days ago
"IPFS support is coming to Firefox soon"

Not exactly, as far as I understand it; you still need to manually install an addon, it's just that the addon can now handle ipfs:// links when you click on them.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16243530

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diggan 3067 days ago
That's entirely correct. Before it had to be prefixed with `web+` and now just `ipfs://` will work.

For the extension, the IPFS community have been developing one which will use this new feature: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion

PR for tracking the protocol handler is here: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/pull/359

Disclaimer: I work for Protocol Labs on IPFS

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