11. Backwards Compatibility#

  • HTTP

  • Bittorrent

  • IPFS

  • ActivityPub

11.1. HTTP Servers#

  • Using existing HTTP servers as web-seed like things.

  • Use codecs to indicate the format and metadata of existing files

  • Use HTTP servers as backup mirrors that behave like peers, and how peers can indicate them as mirrors for a given container

11.2. BitTorrent#

See BEP 52 - Bittorrent V2

11.3. IPFS#

11.4. ActivityPub#

  • Mappings:

    • Container <-> feed