IPFS

Public Algorand IPFS gateway

Algonode provides distributed IPFS gateway with 3 layer permacache for all Algorand assets.
We do not provide IPFS pinning service but permanently cache all IPFS objects referenced in all new Algorand ASAs.

What is being cached

Algonode IPFS gateway uses realtime block streaming pipeline to fetch all IPFS cids referenced in all new ASAs (NFTs).
Referenced objects are downloaded using ARC19 standard and recursively parsed using ARC3 to precache and gather metadata on all referenced objects :

• text & json files
• audio / video / images
• 3D models
• pdf, etc

Metadata API will be available in Q4'2022.

Accessing original files

You can use https://ipfs.algonode.xyz/ipfs/${cid} to access any CID. Files that are not cached already will be fetched from the peer2peer IPFS network.

examples:
https://ipfs.algonode.xyz/ipfs/QmWiHqs17Gx5SGg49d7uPsBdom2J2PtUWigLYYVvykbBnJ https://ipfs.algonode.xyz/ipfs/bafybeid5qpn27447nivwwnl3jhlp344ma5aajbvg42uedc3ycrvvtw6yh4/Damovers_319.png

Generating thumbnails

Algonode IPFS gateway uses Bunny.net image optimizer. Image objects need to have extra optimizer=image parameter to force the optimizer to work when no file extension is provided.

example:
https://ipfs.algonode.xyz/ipfs/QmZUkUUGFvsFdRTKAJUA7QQhF411KdEyWY99vedxaXMHqo?optimizer=image&width=75

Contact Algonode if you are interested in generating thumbnails from video IPFS objects

Rate limits

Requests for non Algorand related IPFS objects will be rate limited.

Statistics

• ~ 2.5 seconds average delay MINT->CACHE

Permacache

ASA cache pipeline is built on top of Algonode’s commercial Algorand Enterprise Service Bus.
Microservices subscribe to ACFG transaction stream and recursively download and parse referenced IPFS objects.

Pricing

• There are no plans to charge for the base service (object cache and thumbnailing)
• There are no plans for an IPFS pinning service