Centralization in the Decentralized Web: Challenges and Opportunities in IPFS Data Management
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a pioneering effort for Web 3.0, well-known for its decentralized infrastructure. However, some recent studies have shown that IPFS exhibits a high degree of centralization and has integrated centralized components for improved performance. While this change contradicts the core decentralized ethos of IPFS and introduces risks of hurting the data replication level and thus availability, it also opens some opportunities for better data management and cost savings through deduplication.
Institutions: George Mason University, University of Virginia
Language: English
Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Funder: National Science Foundation
Awards: CAREER: Harnessing Serverless Functions to Build Highly Elastic Cloud Storage Infrastructure, CloudBank: Managed Services to Simplify Cloud Access for Computer Science Research and Education, Collaborative Research: CNS Core: Small: From Capture to Consumption: System Challenges in Pervasive 360-Degree Video Sharing
OpenAlex ID: W4410089314