Yevgen`s official homepage
Yevgen Somochkin
"ΞΣΣΘ"
CTO ESSO.DEV
Building the Future of AI, Automation & Web3 | Full-stack & DevOps Architect | Scalable, Data-driven Web & Mobile Apps
Hamburg, Germany
Yevgen`s official homepage
Yevgen Somochkin
"ΞΣΣΘ"
CTO ESSO.DEV
Building the Future of AI, Automation & Web3 | Full-stack & DevOps Architect | Scalable, Data-driven Web & Mobile Apps
Hamburg, Germany
Store and distribute content permanently with IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) — the decentralized storage protocol that powers NFT metadata, dApp frontends, and censorship-resistant publishing. IPFS uses content-addressing — files are identified by their cryptographic hash, not their location. This means content cannot be altered without changing its address, providing built-in integrity verification that traditional hosting cannot offer.
For blockchain applications, IPFS solves the storage problem that smart contracts cannot. Storing data on-chain is prohibitively expensive ($000s per megabyte on Ethereum), but storing an IPFS hash costs the same as any 32-byte value. This pattern — on-chain reference, off-chain storage — is the standard architecture for NFT metadata, DAO governance documents, and any dApp that handles files, images, or large datasets.
Pinning services like Pinata and Filebase ensure IPFS content remains available without running your own infrastructure. For critical data, Filecoin provides cryptographic proof that content is stored redundantly across multiple nodes. Modern IPFS gateways deliver content through CDN-like networks, providing fast access for end users while maintaining decentralization properties. Your users experience familiar loading speeds while benefiting from tamper-proof storage.
We integrate IPFS into Web3 projects for NFT asset storage (images, animations, metadata JSON), dApp frontend hosting (accessible even if your domain goes down), document verification systems (upload once, reference forever), and backup strategies for critical blockchain-related data. Our IPFS implementations include automated pinning workflows, gateway failover, and content-type optimization for the best balance between decentralization and performance.
