alex@ubuntu:
~/ $
hash=`echo "I <3 The Blockchain Institute -$(whoami)" | ipfs add -q`
This will generate a hash of your string message and store it at a new ipfs hash url.
>_
Download and read the file
alex@ubuntu:
~/ $
curl https://ipfs.io/ipfs/$hash I <3 The Blockchain Institute -alex
IPFS Web
Watch out! The above curl request is actually a call to the IPFS web API. This is used as an access layer, and is fairly centralized, however the underlying file system is not.
