IPFS is essentially providing a globally decentralized filesystem. Noms is providing (or hopes to provide) a database.
By database, I mean:
- small individual records
- efficient queries, updates, and range scans
- ability to support complex queries
- ability to enforce structural data validity
These are all things that IPFS could eventually grow to support, but in order to do it, I think it would have to grow into or layer something like noms on top.
IPFS is essentially providing a globally decentralized filesystem. Noms is providing (or hopes to provide) a database.
By database, I mean:
These are all things that IPFS could eventually grow to support, but in order to do it, I think it would have to grow into or layer something like noms on top.