Understanding IPFS in Depth(4/6): What is MultiFormats?
In this part, we will talk about Why we need Multiformats, How it works and What you as a user/developer can do with it?
Topic
multiaddr
A collection of 4 issues
Addressing
Flexible networks need flexible addressing systems. Since libp2p is designed to work across a wide variety of networks, we need a way to work with a lot of different addressing schemes in a consistent way.
A multiaddress (often abbreviated multiaddr), is a convention for encoding multiple layers of addressing information
Peer Identity
A Peer Identity (often written PeerId) is a unique reference to a specific peer within the overall peer-to-peer network.
As well as serving as a unique identifier for each peer, a PeerId is a verifiable link between a peer and its public cryptographic key.
What is a PeerId
Each libp2p
Glossary
Here you can find the meanings of frequently used terms in p2p space.
Circuit Relay
A means of establishing communication between peers who are unable to communicate directly, with the assistance of a third peer willing and able to act as an intermediary.
In many real-world peer-to-peer networks, direct communication