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Add examples for other IPLD formats #62
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@rvagg if we can pin the bitcoin dataset we should include it here as well, and zcash and eth once they are imported.
The terminology we solidified about a year ago is “codec.” We only use “format” when talking about the internal format of a codec. |
I was asked a similar thing recently and answered: "I haven't used the word 'format' for for a long time". Which is a sign that we indeed use "codec" these days. |
We could build a bitcoin block explorer with this, but we'd need to pin some blocks in IPFS to make it usable. Probably shouldn't pin the entire blockchain because we're talking about many millions of IPLD blocks but we can have a selection for example purposes. (Although, if we did a good enough job and made a decent block explorer that people wanted to use we could store them locally and load them outside of IPFS, but maybe that's another user story to consider later). How would we go about pinning a set of blocks (I have them in CAR files and can add them somewhere), is that managed here? Also ... @mikeal, the new BTC work depends on the new multiformats work, which is not what's being used here, so it might be a bit of a rabbit hole to try and integrate it, no? |
I propose we focus on things that are actually useful out-of-the-box, namely, adding examples for
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Right now only three formats are demoed at https://explore.ipld.io (and in ipfs-webui):
ipld-dag-pb
(unixfvs1),ipld-git
andipld-ethereum
:The app itself imports more codecs, most of them remain unused, which also makes it harder to detect any regressions:
https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipld-explorer/blob/56de6933669fb7e1dd7422616f265c3392ee9a24/src/bundles/index.js#L10-L16
@mikeal @vmx would appreciate your thoughts on:
(I've seen people mentioning "IPLD format", "codec", "multicodec" and even "block type", clarifying this in IPLD Explorer would make it easier for folks to use a single term)
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