Note, this is part of the 2021 IPFS project planning process - feel free to add other potential 2021 themes for the IPFS project by opening a new issue or discuss this proposed theme in the comments, especially other example workstreams that could fit under this theme for 2021. Please also review others’ proposed themes and leave feedback here!

Theme description

Introduce the ability for node operators to better manage their own nodes (ex to filter content they store/retrieve/provide in useful ways), helping mitigate IPFS susceptibility to negative uses like objectionable content and expanding the set of use cases of IPFS.

Hypothesis

It’s critical that node operators have simple tools to scalably manage their node’s participation in the open and permissionless IPFS network as it grows and evolves.

Vision statement

Content filtering works well out of the box for any IPFS based solution. Similar to safebrowsing in browsers, no user has to think about it - but the power is in the user’s hands.

Why focus this year

As the user base of IPFS continues to expand quickly, creating a strong content filtering story will both help accelerate this expansion and mitigate potential risks.

Example workstreams

Implementation of content filtering

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