What type of hardware and protocol changes will be required? Will it run on top of existing hardware and protocols using existing layers? Will it be like adding a new Layer 3 protocol? Will it be like IPv6 and require new hardware? IPv6 does quite a bit more than IPv4, but people still have seemed to be rather loathe in giving up on IPv4. So how it is implemented and what requirements to make it work are there will be a big part in determining its attractiveness and adoption.
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Happy to help. IPFS runs on top of existing Internet hardware and software layers without any changes required. So, I would think adoption would continue apace.
Think of how the Internet was originally a new layer on top of the old telephone network, yet, doesn't //require// the old telephone network. It is conceivable in the future companies will eventually sell "IPFS optimized" hardware and TCP/IP might fade in importance and maybe even get replaced.
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