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The article doesn't mention IPNS at all, nor does it talk about the need for mutating an image while it is being shared, so I'm not sure why you think IPNS is even desirable in this use-case?

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"Inter-Planetary Name System (IPNS) is a system for creating and updating mutable links to IPFS content. Since objects in IPFS are content-addressed, their address changes every time their content does. That's useful for a variety of things, but it makes it hard to get the latest version of something."

https://docs.ipfs.io/guides/concepts/ipns/

TLDR IPNS are pointers to IPFS content (ie "latest"). If you're tracking your containers and pinning to their versions elsewhere, might not need IPNS.

Thanks, but I already know what IPNS is. My points were that (a) it's not needed for this use-case, and (b) it's a distinct system from IPFS. I think you agreed in your TLDR.

I would think because IPNS is IPFS.. and you asked how IPNS compares to BitTorrent. Maybe I misunderstand your question, but the reply seems totally on topic and a valid answer to your question.

IPNS is a system that runs on top of IPFS. You do not need IPNS to use IPFS.

That's technically correct, but in practice the term "IPFS" is commonly used to refer to both ipfs and its optional feature ipns.

Not in my circles. IPFS is used a lot for storing and archiving files but IPNS is rarely used or mentioned. The only situations I've seen where IPNS would be useful, ENS was used instead as it's more reliable.

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