Commit 03260a92 authored by W. Trevor King's avatar W. Trevor King

namesys/interface: Expand package docs to discuss mutable names

What they are, why you'd use them, and which command-line tools you
can use to access this functionality.
parent 02cb5f3b
// package namesys implements various functionality for the ipns naming system.
/*
Package namesys implements resolvers and publishers for the IPFS
naming system (IPNS).
The core of IPFS is an immutable, content-addressable Merkle graph.
That works well for many use cases, but doesn't allow you to answer
questions like "what is Alice's current homepage?". The mutable name
system allows Alice to publish information like:
The current homepage for alice.example.com is
/ipfs/Qmcqtw8FfrVSBaRmbWwHxt3AuySBhJLcvmFYi3Lbc4xnwj
or:
The current homepage for node
QmatmE9msSfkKxoffpHwNLNKgwZG8eT9Bud6YoPab52vpy
is
/ipfs/Qmcqtw8FfrVSBaRmbWwHxt3AuySBhJLcvmFYi3Lbc4xnwj
The mutable name system also allows users to resolve those references
to find the immutable IPFS object currently referenced by a given
mutable name.
For command-line bindings to this functionality, see:
ipfs name
ipfs dns
ipfs resolve
*/
package namesys
import (
......
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