At the recent OVioHQ's Diffusion 2021 event, IPFS founder Juan Bennett (Juan Bennet) attended and gave a speech on the theme of "Building the Metaverse" .
The following are the core points of Juan’s speech :
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Metaverse needs power, and Web3 empowers software;
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Metaverse is an open platform, starting from fragments and then connecting together;
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Through the four aspects of "start, build, release, and grow", build the Metaverse by yourself.
Building the Metaverse through Web3
Juan pointed out that the metaverse needs power, and Web3 empowers software. Incentive mechanisms are the foundation of civilization, and blockchain enables global, robust, and scalable mechanism design.
In addition, he also shared the value of Web3, including decentralization, privacy security, user rights confirmation, etc., and explained how Web3 catalyzed the Metaverse.
metaverse building blocks
In the second part, Juan introduced Libp2p, IPFS, Interplanetary File System. He said that CID can be used to link data, IPFS can be used to distribute and manage data, and the interstellar file system network can be used to store data.
"By using NFT.storage and Web3.Storage recently launched by Protocol Labs, you can easily do all the above." He introduced that NFT.storage can be used to store NFT data for free, and Web3.Storage is a simple Interface for developers to store and retrieve data from the Interplanetary File System's decentralized storage network.
On the topic of how the metaverse grows, Juan believes that it is possible for large companies to create large-scale platforms to build the metaverse, but if large companies eventually control most user interactions, it will become a bad world. The metaverse should start out in pieces and then connect together, it should be an open platform.
“I am very happy to see the development of NFT Museum and NFT Gallery, because through this we can have valuable experience in the virtual world and explore the metaverse.” Juan said.
Build your own metaverse
Based on the determination of the openness of the metaverse, Juan also encourages everyone to build the metaverse by themselves through the four aspects of " start, build, release, and grow ". Among them, Protocol Labs officially gave some support policies and bonuses, and everyone is welcome to participate in building Web3 together.
In addition, he introduced some ideas and opportunities for builders, including data upgrades, infrastructure, NFTs, games and social experiences, worlds, etc.
Juan said that the development of history is always promoted by a small group of people, which in turn affects the majority of people. He encouraged everyone to create the Metaverse by themselves, " The more you participate, the faster the Metaverse will be realized, and the future depends on you! "
In the metaverse world, the value of IPFS distributed storage is to serve as the underlying storage, so that all data assets in the metaverse and NFT have a permanent and safe "shelter" .
The Metaverse accommodates a huge data system and digital assets, and it is necessary to ensure the permanent and safe storage of data and the permanence and uniqueness of digital assets. IPFS distributed storage has thus become the infrastructure of the Metaverse: IPFS distributed storage provides verifiable storage on a decentralized network, uses content addressing to refer to data, supports long-term carrying of more valuable data and never loses it, It can be used as the underlying storage of Metaverse data.
With the accelerated arrival of the metaverse, which may become an important part of future life, IPFS distributed storage will also be widely used, supporting the concept of the metaverse to become a reality, and helping the integration and development of the real economy and the digital economy.