> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.artis.eco/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.artis.eco/about/sovereign-operating-system/decentralized-storage-layer/ipfs.md). # IPFS The Interplanetary Filesystem was started 2013 by [Juan Benet](https://github.com/jbenet) and from 2014 till now he is working with Protocol Labs' on developing the protocol and introduce also an incentives via [Filecoin](https://coinlist.co/filecoin) which launched the mainnet in Oct. 2020. {% embed url="" %}