HOW TO ADD FILES TO IPFS

A computer running IPFS can ask all the peers it's connected to whether they have a file with a particular hash and, if one of them does, they send back the whole file. Without a short, unique identifier like a cryptographic hash, that wouldn't be possible.

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Adding the file

00:00 - ipfs daemon
00:30 - The file was added to ipfs resulting in a hash identifier

Viewing the file content on the console

00:33 - ipfs cat "hash"
00:42 - You will see the file content be displayed

Checking the file in the web ui

00:54 - Click on "files"
00:58 - Click on "pins"
01:02 - Copy the hash
01:04 - Find by this hash, you can see that this hash exists
Viewing the file content in the browser

01:10 - Open a new tab
01:12 - ipfs://"hash"
01:18 - Now you can see your file content in the browser

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