From 4f9fa9f6b41d20698f29218bb4d030099eca7410 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Caleb Callaway Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 21:02:30 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] blog: accessing web3 content --- content/blog/accessing-web3-content.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/accessing-web3-content.md diff --git a/content/blog/accessing-web3-content.md b/content/blog/accessing-web3-content.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8034b79 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/accessing-web3-content.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +title: "Accessing Web3 Content" +date: 2020-10-31T20:44:34-07:00 +draft: false +tags: ["web3", "dweb"] +--- + +To access Web3/Dweb content hosted on IPFS: + +1. Install [ipfs-desktop](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop#quick-install-shortcuts). This program runs in the background and communicates with the rest of the IPFS swarm to fulfil content requests. +2. Install the [IPFS Companion](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion#install-ipfs-companion) for your browser of choice. The Companion will intercept requests for Web3 resources and translate them into requests to ipfs-desktop. +3. Visit an IPFS Web3 site. My site has a Web3 [version](http://www.brainvitamins.eth), as does [the Ethereum project](http://ethereum.eth/) and [SpaceX](https://spacex.eth/).