With the improvement of IPFS nodes, when the nodes reach a certain scale, that is, each node only stores a little bit of content, the accumulated space, bandwidth and stability are far greater than HTTP. IPFS distributed Web aims to build the fastest, most reliable and largest data warehouse, so that people's knowledge will never be destroyed. What are the advantages of IPFS over traditional HTTP? What is the future value of IPFS? Next, let's have a look.

Advantages of IPFS over HTTP

1. Transmission rate

IPFS transmits data point-to-point to each other. This kind of transmission is not limited by the server. Each storage server node can respond as an independent server. The HTTP central storage server can only download one document from one server at a time, and the rate is doubled.

2. Low cost

The reason for the huge operation and maintenance cost of HTTP is the storage and transmission technology of HTTP. With more and more information stored in the central server, the operation and maintenance cost of the server is more and more, which is very easy to collapse. The IPFS data is distributed everywhere, and the miners who choose to store it have gone through sufficient market competition without monopoly, so they have lower storage costs.

3. Security

One of the greatest security risks of HTTP is that it depends on the "backbone network". There are also data stored on a single central server. These single points of failure are more likely to occur. Once a problem occurs, the data may be permanently lost. However, the fragmented IPFS documents and distributed systems all over the network have no single point of failure. If there is a problem in one place, as long as the fragments are still there, the data can be recovered through special technologies, so that the data can be preserved for a long time.

HTTP network data is stored in the central server. All people who touch the server will disclose data. The data stored in IPFS is a fragmented document, encrypted storage. Even if the storage miners obtain the data, it is only a fragment of the data, which is difficult to read. Since then, the data really belongs to them.

4. Large capacity

The expansion of the HTTP central server is very limited, so many data cannot be stored. The storage servers of IPFS are all over the world, and the storage capacity can be expanded endlessly.

Therefore, the problems and shortcomings of HTTP centralized storage are solved perfectly in IPFS distributed system technology. With the rapid development of 5g, artificial intelligence, etc., big data storage problems are urgent. Now the country is also vigorously promoting the development of data distributed systems. Therefore, IPFS improves the storage efficiency of human society far more than ten times, but higher. IPFS is a disruptive technology. Even Alibaba, Huawei and JD, the domestic centralized storage giants, have begun to deploy IPFS.

Future value of IPFS

At present, with the rapid development of 5G technology and application, the demand for data storage will grow rapidly, which is also the key driving force for the change of storage technology. IPFS is expected to replace HTTP.

IPFS is a point-to-point hypermedia transmission protocol. It is a technology that uses content to find addresses. The characteristics of IPFS technology are fast downloading data, stable and safe data network, low data storage cost, and long information data storage time. The more network users, the more smooth the network.

IPFS now has its own huge ecosystem. IPFS has a wide range of applications and has a landing effect. It only needs steady development.

The data storage of IPFS project is longer, which is favored by many top venture capitalists. It is an advanced network technology that can really solve people's social data storage problems.

Speaking of this, I believe you have a certain understanding of the advantages of IPFS over traditional HTTP and the future value of IPFS. In general, with the improvement of the blockchain economic system and the application of IPFS technology, decentralized data cloud storage will become a part of future development. IPFS will attract more miners to participate, and the price will continue to rise, which belongs to the normal law of supply and demand in the social market. Accordingly, the practical value and consensus of the entire IPFS ecosystem will be further strengthened.