The loss of funding leaves the Interplanetary File System software without a dedicated maintainer and puts the future of key public services in the hands of the protocol labs.
The shipyard that maintains the Interplanetary File System (IPFS) will cease its engineering, maintenance and infrastructure operations on September 30 after Protocol Labs declined to renew its funding.
The loss of funding will leave projects including Kubo, Helia, Boxo, Rainbow, IPFS Desktop and IPFS Companion without dedicated maintainers, Shipyard said. said In a Monday blog post.
IPFS is an open-source protocol for storing and sharing data across peer-to-peer networks. Protocol Labs is a research and development company that developed IPFS and Filecoin, a blockchain network designed to encourage decentralized data storage.
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