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Re:Element raises $30M to boost Matrix by jazzyjackson on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @11:14AM (#27973424)
It’s not clear to me what extent IPFS is already in use in matrix applications. If I want to use web torrents or beaker/hyperdrive instead that should be possible, no? What assumptions does the matrix protocol make about attachments / media uploads?

Haven’t tried developing for matrix yet but I’m intrigued by its inertia right now.

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Re:Element raises $30M to boost Matrix by cvwright on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @05:13PM (#27977741)
It looks like some of the Matrix devs were thinking about using IPFS for the Matrix "media" repository. It's basically an object store where the Matrix server keeps images and videos and files.

Coincidentally, that spec change proposal looks to have been posted exactly one year ago today. Doesn't look like there's anything concrete yet, but still there's obvious opportunities for combining a content-addressable object store API with a distributed content-addressable file system back end.

https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/travis/msc/ipf...

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