IPFS Human-readable Name System

Background

This project creates a human-readable name system for content hashes, similar to the functionality provided by EthDNS and the IPFS companion extension. There are two other ways to save a name-to-hash mapping, but the UX isn't as good:

• Browser bookmarks

  • You can bookmark a gateway link, use it in private browsing mode, and there is no monetary cost
  • But you have to save the link permanently, and there's no easy way for others to access the mapping since it's just on your browser

• DNSLink

  • This is already integrated with the Brave browser, IPFS companion extension, and IPFS daemon
  • But you have to purchase the domain with fiat currency, and DNS is centralized and controlled by only a few entities

Setup

• Deploy the Solidity contracts to an EVM-compatible chain
• Set any name->hash records in the contracts' storage
• Run npm run build and upload the dist/ file as an unpacked Chrome extension to your browser