# InterPlanetary File System |  | The **InterPlanetary File System** (IPFS) is a protocol, hypermedia and file sharing peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system. IPFS uses content-addressing to uniquely identify each file in a global namespace connecting IPFS hosts. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [InterPlanetary File System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System) |