Lesson 14 NFT IPFS Question

[armontej]

So this isn't a major i am still able to continue on with the lesson, but when is save my doggie images onto my IPFS node, the images dont actually appear in the IPFS, i have to click a link to the web or save the file on my computer to view it. Is there anyway to make it so i can view the image in IPFS like Patrick was able to

[krakxn]

In simple terms:

I could be interpreting your doubt wrong here, but as far as I know it is because IFPS is a peer-to-peer distributed network/file system used for file sharing and storage between nodes.

If you are technical:

When you add a file to IPFS, your file is split into smaller chunks, cryptographically hashed, and given a unique fingerprint called a content identifier (CID). This CID acts as a permanent record of your file as it exists at that point in time. When other nodes look up your file, they ask their peer nodes who's storing the content referenced by the file's CID. When they view or download your file, they cache a copy — and become another provider of your content until their cache is cleared. So, by putting an IPFS CID in an NFT, that NFT directly references the data itself rather than a brittle HTTP link. IPFS itself is not data storage – it's a layer on top of data storage.

[armontej]

makes sense thank you