# About the IPFS category

**URL:** https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/about-the-ipfs-category/2376
**Category:** IPFS
**Created:** [March 31, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/about-the-ipfs-category/2376 "2022-03-31T22:02:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
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### Author: ![rabernat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.pangeo.io/rabernat/32/22_2.png) [@rabernat](https://discourse.pangeo.io/u/rabernat)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.pangeo.io/t/about-the-ipfs-category/2376/1 "2022-03-31T22:02:18Z")

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