[WIP] IPFS local config

[AquiGorka]

This changes will give us a better understanding of the layers and their interactions in the IPFS network.

With this changes we will be able to have a working setup that does not connect to the IPFS network but simulates a local network able to distribute content in their same fashion.

There are some tasks still needed:

• Setup and execute js-ipfs node.
  • Double check if we can assign an id to the node and use that for the IPFS config files in the browser.
• Setup and execute signaling server
• Setup different IPFS configurations fro dev and prod environments

This setup allows the devs to run a local network. Meaning, we can access thicket-webapp from different browsers (or same browser in regular and incognito modes) and the content created between them will be distributed and available to each other.

We will be able to see how thicket-webapp behaves to different users. This will also provide a base to a future test layer.

By limiting the number of nodes we can also avoid unnecessary connections that can potentially crash the browser.

Configuration reference

[chadoh]

Where does this hash come from?

[AquiGorka]

This is the hash from my terminal js-ipfs node, one of the things to get done is figure out a way to give the node a custom id or find out which id it has so that we can setup the browser nodes.

[chadoh]

Do we need a way to configure these Bootstrap and Swarm addresses for different environments?

I know we added these Bootstrap settings in #39 for a particular reason, but does hard-coding them introduce problems? Can these addresses become stale?

[AquiGorka]

Do we need a way to configure these Bootstrap and Swarm addresses for different environments?

Yes.

1. One for local sandboxed development
2. One for production
3. Maybe another one for local development that connects to the IPFS network.

I know we added these Bootstrap settings in #39 for a particular reason, but does hard-coding them introduce problems? Can these addresses become stale?

Hmmm. I don't think I can answer this question. I mean, those nodes are probably long lived IPFS nodes but not sure if they will change/update them.

I think we can go back to the defaults for scenarios 2 & 3 from above.