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Mutable Content on IPFS: A Practical Guide to IPNS (with Real Examples)
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Mutable Content on IPFS: A Practical Guide to IPNS (with Real Examples)

DEV CommunityΒ·Nacho CollΒ·about 1 month ago
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Hi devs β€” Nacho here from the BWS (Blockchain Web Services) team. We just shipped IPFS.NINJA , a managed IPFS pinning service, and one of the most common questions we get is: β€œHow do I update content on IPFS without changing the URL?” The answer is IPNS (InterPlanetary Name System) β€” and it's one of those features that sounds confusing until you see it in action. Full disclosure: I work on this product. This post is a transparent walkthrough from the team that built it, with concrete examples you can copy-paste. The problem IPNS solves IPFS is content-addressed: change a single byte in a file, and the CID changes. That's a feature β€” immutability and verifiability are the whole point. But it's also a problem when you want to update something: Your dApp config evolves β†’ new CID β†’ every client needs the new link. Your NFT metadata levels up β†’ new CID β†’ your smart contract's tokenURI is now pointing at stale content. You redeploy your IPFS-hosted website β†’ new CID β†’ you have to tell users the new URL.…

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