Detect IPFS hints and display extension install prompt #3045
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closed/duplicate
Issue has already been reported
feature/web3/ipfs
priority/P4
Planned work. We expect to get to it "soon".
How to onboard IPFS users?
IPFS support prompt
The initial idea is for Brave to detect IPFS resource or a hint on a website and ask user if support for IPFS should be installed.
IPFS hints
CID (content identifier in IPFS) spec is here, it can be validated to remove false-positives.
Good candidates for IPFS hints that could be detected by Brave itself (very light on resources):
/ipfs/<cid>
(path gateway)<cid>.ipfs.*
(subdomain gateway)x-ipfs-path
(best-effort way to detect DNSLinked sites without expensive lookups)
window.ipfs
(orwindow.ipfs.enable()
call itself)(reliable signal website could opportunistically use native ipfs support, similar to
window.ethereum
and MetaMask)Potentially more expensive hint is to check DNS of every visited domain for TXT record indicating presence of DNSLink (removes the need for initial HTTP request to check for
x-ipfs-path
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