Where is the artwork visual?
Off blockchain
Where is it stored?
The artwork visual is hosted on several computers via IPFS protocol.
What exactly is IPFS?
IPFS is a distributed system for storing and accessing files or assets. This is not a blockchain. You can see more information here.
Does it guarantee the availability of the artwork visual?
No. To be sure about the persistence of the data, you need someone to "pin" your data on IPFS nodes. In most cases, the NFT platform does it for you.
Where is the artwork author?
Off blockchain
Where is it stored?
The artwork author is hosted on several computers via IPFS protocol.
What exactly is IPFS?
IPFS is a distributed system for storing and accessing files or assets. This is not a blockchain. You can see more information here.
Does it guarantee the availability of the artwork author?
No. To be sure about the persistence of the data, you need someone to "pin" your data on IPFS nodes. In most cases, the NFT platform does it for you.
What if Rarible website is offline?
You keep your artwork
Here are the elements you can retrieve
- artwork visual
- artwork author
- artwork name
- other data
Good points 👍
- Rarible chose to put the artwork visual, the artwork author, the artwork name and the other data on a distributed & decentralized protocol: IPFS. Even if this is not the best practice to guarantee data availability, this is better than choosing private storage.
- If Rarible dies & IPFS survives, you will be able to retrieve this data.
Bad points 👎
- The data hosted on IPFS needs to be "pinned" to be available. If not, it can disappear at any time. We recommend using a more robust solution like Blockweave.
- It would be appreciated if Rarible would create documentation (article or video) that explains how users can retrieve the artwork outside the platform.
| Written on-chain | Hosted on Blockweave | Hosted via IPFS | Hosted via CDN | Hosted on a server | Not referenced | ||
| Artwork visual (uploaded media) | Technically too expensive | 60 |
|
5 | 5 | 0 |
Main data
+30
smaller score chosen
|
| Artwork author (text) | 60 | 50 |
|
5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Artwork name (text) | 20 | 15 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 |
Secondary
+10 |
| Other data (text) | 10 | 5 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 |
Other
+5 |
| There is no documentation that explains how users can retrieve the NFT assets. | +0 | ||||||
| total | 45 | ||||||
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