potential applications, challenges of good user experience for crypto/web3 devs, ETH 2.0 & ENS Domains

Actively involved in the Blockchain space since 2013 and a graduate of Oxford University Blockchain Strategy program, Derrick has spent years educating people on blockchain technology, managing many high tier OTC deals, commercial mining and finally for the past three years has shifted towards Blockchain and IPFS software development.

In 2017 he started Temporal, a scalable IPFS Infrastructure to build production-ready applications on top of IPFS quickly with modern tools and languages such as Golang and JavaScript.

In this interview, we touched on potential IPFS applications, the challenges of building good user experience for developers, the impact of Ethereum 2.0 and much more.

RTrade also achieved several other great milestones for IPFS that we are very proud of including the first Amazon S3 compatible IPFS client, IPFS WeChat mini-app, Full-Service IPFS website, our Dedicated IPFS Data Center, IPFS Amazon S3 API Client, and tools to manage private IPFS networks.

With Temporal you will be able to utilize all IPFS has to offer with additional features such as encryption, and built-in IPFS search engine.

What will be some of the most used IPFS applications in the future?

I think in the future the most used IPFS applications will be content delivery networks, and we will start seeing IPFS being used in all aspects of data archival and management.

DF: I am most excited about rolling out integration with ENS Domains which will allow you to host your IPFS website quickly with an ETH domain allowing you to be Web 3.0 ready.

What are the biggest challenges of building an IPFS service for developers?

DF: Besides enhancing the performance and functionality of IPFS, a major challenge we face with both IPFS and the blockchain space as a whole is to create a better UX/UI. We need to allow people to easily navigate and click a few buttons to get the benefits of a platform without requiring expert-level knowledge.