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+Did a deep dive into [ipfs](http://ipfs.io/) last night. It has great
+promise.
+
+As a first step toward using it with git-annex, I built an experimental
+[[ipfs_special_remote|special_remotes/ipfs]]. It has some nice abilities;
+any ipfs address can be downloaded to a file in the repository:
+
+	> git annex addurl ipfs:QmYgXEfjsLbPvVKrrD4Hf6QvXYRPRjH5XFGajDqtxBnD4W --file somefile
+
+And, any file in the git-annex repository can be published to the world
+via ipfs, by simply using `git annex copy --to ipfs`. The ipfs address
+is for the file is then visible in `git annex whereis`.
+
+Had to extend the external special remote protocol slightly for that, so
+that ipfs addresses can be recorded as uris in git-annex, and will show up
+in `git annex whereis`.