Brave Browser enables IPFS protocol

[rcjordan]

with version 1.19 of the Brave browser releasing today, Brave users will be able to access IPFS content directly by resolving URIs that start with ipfs://. They can also opt to install a "full IPFS node in one click," making their browser a node in the peer-to-peer network.

IPFS's enablement of the decentralized web can overcome "systemic data censorship" from governments and Big Tech. "Today, Web users across the world are unable to access restricted content, including, for example, parts of Wikipedia in Thailand, over 100,000 blocked websites in Turkey, and critical access to COVID-19 information in China," says Mackinlay, "Now anyone with an internet connection can access this critical information through IPFS on the Brave browser."

Brave browser takes step toward enabling a decentralized web - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/19/22238334/brave-browser-ipfs-peer-to-peer-decentralized-transfer-protocol-http-nodes

[ergophobe]

I wish Brave would focus on one thing and get it right. I made it my primary browser for a few months, but I just couldn't reliably surf the plain old web let alone the IPFS web.

They are trying to achieve three things
- better privacy and security
- micropayments for content
- now IPFS

Any one of those would be enough for me if it worked well, but none of them were at a point sufficient to make me put up with the hassle. I'm back to Chrome and Firefox.