IPFS and submarines

The IPFS has a lot in common with traditional file systems. But the few distinct differences that it has, do not only mean that it is decentralized, they also occasionally pose problems for developers that are not easy to solve. Yet. In this episode I talk about one of those problems, namely "revealing" files over time. Reveals are important in the NFT world in order to prevent people "sniping" sales of particularly rare colletables. It turns out to be a lot trickier than you would think at first, whereas with a traditional file system it's trivial.