Resources
Ready to learn more? There are plenty of additional resources to explore, both in ProtoSchool and beyond. Here are some of our favorites:
How IPFS Deals With Files: Anatomy of a CIDvideo
Watch the talk that inspired this tutorial! In Part 2 of this core course from IPFS Camp 2019, Alan Shaw explains the anatomy of a CID.
CID Inspectortool
Paste a CID into this handy web app for a human-readable breakdown of its multibase, multicodec, multihash and version.
Hashesdocs
Learn more about cryptographic hashes in the official IPFS docs.
Multiformatsdocs
Explore Multiformats, a collection of protocols that future-proof systems, including CID, multihash, multibase and multicodec.
Multihashdocs
Learn more about the multihash protocol for differentiating outputs from various well-established hash functions, addressing size and encoding considerations.
Content Identifier (CID) Specificationdocs
Review the specification for CID, the self-describing content-addressed identifier for distributed systems like IPFS and IPLD.