Privacy-focused Brave Browser has integrated the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), the team announced on Jan. 19.
Brave Brave has integrated the IPFS into its Windows, macOS and Linux browsers to take another step towards establishing Web 3.0
Users can access IPFS content by using the IPFS address and/or becoming a full IPFS node in a one-click process
IPFS is a decentralized file sharing and storage network that has the notable advantages of being censorship-free, resistant to downtimes, cheaper and more secure
Support for Brave’s mobile browsers will be added in the coming months
Brave has taken many steps forward in terms of improving privacy and encouraging decentralization, and is currently working on a decentralized ad protocol call Themis
The browser itself has become very popular, crossing 20 million active monthly users, and attracting some of the biggest YouTubers