Content addressing

Naming data by a cryptographic hash of its content instead of by where it is stored. It is the main alternative to location-based URIs: the name says what a thing is, not where it lives.

alternative to

• URI concept 1994 [src]
  naming by content instead of by location

built upon by

• AT Protocol standard 2022 [src]
• IPFS project 2015 [src]
• IPLD standard [src]
• Merkle DAG concept [src]

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content-addressable_storage