[runeks]

Thanks!

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]

It'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:

> the innovation of content addressing: store, retrieve, and locate data based on the fingerprint of its actual content