Why Wait for Filecoin? Start Using IPFS Today on the Shift Platform

heiditravels (73) in cryptocurrency • 7 years ago

Quit waiting for Filecoin, Shift is up and running and will be moving to their main network in the near future.

You may have heard of IPFS thanks to it’s genius creator, Juan Benet, or through the much talked about Filecoin which recently held an ICO that was restricted to only Angel investors, but we are still waiting for it’s product.

(If you want to learn more about what IPFS is, check out my previous post linked here that goes more into depth!)

Luckily for us, Filecoin is not the only platform allowed to use IPFS.

Shift has been building their blockchain platform on top of the IPFS protocol for some time now.

If you go to their website you'll learn:

Shift is a delegated proof of stake blockchain that allows for 101 nodes to get paid for maintaining the network.
The Shift blockchain is also turing-complete, meaning it supports smart contract for fast development and use of dApps.

Here’s an easy way to understand how IPFS and platforms like Shift and Filecoin interact:

Imagine IPFS is the backend, and projects like Shift are the front end.
IPFS is the foundation on top of which Shift can build a place for decentralized, distributed storage, marketplaces, dApps, and social media… just to name a few.

Shift has a working platform that is easily accessible by the public. Even though the current transactions are happening on the Shift test network, you can check the transaction on their official website under the “Tools” tab and select the “Explorer” option.

Here’s the cool part: Shift will very soon be making the move to their main network. Meaning their platform will officially go live.

The first dApp that will be live on Shift is called Phantom, it’s a decentralized storage app.
If you’re interested in building dApps on this platform you’ll be happy to know that you can earn a passive income by the side chain fees your app creates.

For those of you who are ready to begin experiencing what IPFS can do I suggest heading over to the Shift website and getting started already!

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Additional Reading/Sources:

Shift Website
More on IPFS
Shift Roadmap
Shift Blockchain Explorer

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7 years ago by heiditravels (73)

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luisneira (53) · 7 years ago

Wow Heidi, I dod not know that Shift blockchain was build with IPFS.... from what I undestand Filecoin and IPFS is one of the big shot protocols to watch, up there with EOS... Great post Heidi

geronimo (56) · 7 years ago

Yeah, sadly they are going the old way by doing a crowdsale only for accredited investors. I am planing to mine Filecoin. This is the only way for me to get some. :)

oroteio (37) · 7 years ago

Or you can use a VPN for your next ICOs. Remember to change your location.

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jasonshick (65) · 7 years ago

So many coins on the market, hard to invest in them all. Crazy the dip in the markets today, wonder how far down the drop will go

geronimo (56) · 7 years ago

it is because China banned ICO´s. Pretty perfect time to buy :)

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geronimo (56) · 7 years ago

why not doing both?

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I completely agree with that, share the love.

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superskillz (42) · 7 years ago

This is cool, but couldn't I also use Sia which existed long before Shift?

silver-saver (44) · 7 years ago

Thanks for the info!

gregor112 (36) · 7 years ago

your knowledge is remarkable :)

mclodgen (29) · 7 years ago

Great work! Good time to buy now that everything is dropping. Keep up the great work! :)

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heiditravels (73) · 7 years ago

Yeah, it's like black Friday today for crypto!

edb1984 (49) · 7 years ago

As usual I have no capital!

But I did decide to set up a system where I'd guarantee I'd have some in the future, which is basically just a way to force myself to make it a rule to put aside X amount into crypto "savings" like bitcoin and perhaps set up an account on an exchange I feel most safe and put buy and sell orders in on UDST so if the market crashes it will automatically trigger my bitcoin backup fund or whatever I end up calling it to convert into UDST and then buy in again and therefore preserve the value. Kind of annoying when market tanks and your bitcoin also tanks so it's actually not as good a deal as it seems. Maybe I have UDST set to buy back in at an ultra low price should it get back there. and tada my value is preserved and I can ride that train right back up again. Since that might be tricky to time I'd probably put a less extreme buy point and only sell a portion of it or set up several at staggered intervals to make sure I'm not trying to hit a bullseye.

Fun thing is there's so many ways to play games with savings. Just means you have to commit that yes you aren't going to spend all of this here.

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monstervodka (34) · 7 years ago

Sometimes you have to make yourself have capital. Even if it's taking an extra job for 2 weekends just have enough to get in the game. One day, I just said it's now or never and ended up buying a little just to get in the game. You don't need much and my money gained 80% in 2 months.

monstervodka (34) · 7 years ago

lol, yup! I don't mind those every once in a while. I think I should have bought more. :/

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vitalikov (25) · 7 years ago

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geronimo (56) · 7 years ago

why that? Please provide some information before you claim such stuff.

monstervodka (34) · 7 years ago

There are getting to be way TOO MANY of these coins.

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pele23 (68) · 7 years ago

I have quite understood what you said, but problem is, people with no knowledge of crypto, IT or coding are just listening to Chinese... @heiditravels you are not to blame for that, what I mean is, the first coin, ICO, platform, decentralized exchange, etc... that builds something that is easy to explain to people with no knowledge what so ever about all this, has struck gold...

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sixersfeds (51) · 7 years ago

So many good options and the fact that concerns about China have made lots of projects I believe in lose value. Decisions,decisions, decisions. Good luck to anyone investing and thanks for the knowledge on how these platforms will work with IPFS!

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geronimo (56) · 7 years ago

Sadly you cannot buy Filecoin right now. Only when it hits exchanges, or by mining it.

heiditravels (73) · 7 years ago

You can invest in Shift, if that's what you decide to do.

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aryan12o (42) · 7 years ago

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saved4newlife (51) · 7 years ago

I don't normally watch your videos since a lot of this stuff is over my head but I guess the only way to learn is start listening. Thanks for sharing what you know and assisting the Steemit community!

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monstervodka (34) · 7 years ago

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hramkumar (33) · 7 years ago

Nice Read. With China banning ICOs and South Korea regulating crypto, it is highly likely the prices will fall further down.

Also read - https://steemit.com/news/@hramkumar/crypto-currency-blood-bath-bitcoin-litecoin-and-dash-retreat-after-china-ico-ban

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hectorjoachim (51) · 7 years ago

I think Shift is an excellent option, great video, I have loved the idea of blogging in the water, it looks great, very calm and relaxed I agree with what you write, it's very interesting, thanks for sharing that information, I appreciate it if you I would give me a look at my last post and give me your opinion, greetings and success in everything @heiditravels

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byronviljoen (58) · 7 years ago

What about siacoin ?

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monstervodka (34) · 7 years ago

Do we have to invest to get a return?

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mouach (5) · 7 years ago

So many good options and the fact that concerns about China have made lots of projects I believe in lose value. Decisions,decisions, decisions. Good luck to anyone investing and thanks for the knowledge on how these platforms will work with IPFS!

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bedsolution (8) · 7 years ago

I would do you so hard baby.

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bcbxlr (25) · 7 years ago

Good post. We've been using IPFS for a few months already and have had decent success with it, even outside of using a tool like Shift. I think IPFS is a good long-term bet for offchain storage and for a number of the use cases you don't really need any add on platform (like Filecoin); better to understand and integrate IPFS as the core product.

Architecturally, you need to be careful about coupling IPFS with DApps. DApps is proprietary to Ethereum. IPFS can work with any blockchain network. Building simple UIs, or even better m2m code, to interact with IPFS (or other offchain tools like Storj) is not particularly challenging, and I think is a better fit for the more mundane use cases than taking on the overheard a product like Filecoin.

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k0d3g3ar (47) · 6 years ago

Interesting. I have a complete Class C 1gb/s network devoted to IPFS and I'm looking to monetize it. What do you recommend to get something going today, since Filecoin is still not released?

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bluerivercard (0) · 7 years ago

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faridrizkia (37) · 7 years ago

It's awesome Terimakasih banyaak..

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hassanrouh (16) · 7 years ago

Nic post good luck 💪 @heiditravels

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thelefty07 (32) · 7 years ago

I hadn't heard of Shift before this. Thanks for intro...

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jza (63) · 7 years ago

Love the video and we need this IPFS platform on top of better and flexible APIs

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splendorhub (61) · 7 years ago

Hi Heidi, thank you for the awesome information. I'm a newbie here and I feel like I still have yet so much to learn :)
I will certainly be looking more into Filecoin. Best wishes!
-@splendorhub

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roshanlal2017 (39) · 7 years ago

nice info

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adamicelli (54) · 7 years ago

Already bought a couple of Shift coins a couple of days ago, but will buy more today as it is cryptochristmas! :D I believe this will make a huge bump!

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paul.atreides (53) · 7 years ago

Heidi, are you going to participate in the Pocket token offering here on Steemit?

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akashnaik18 (40) · 7 years ago

@heiditravels Thank you for your post.

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minecrew (36) · 7 years ago

yes lets get in while it low

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heroic15397 (62) · 7 years ago

Thanks! In the wake of the DTube buzz, I was wondering what the IPFS is about.

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