Shipyard winds down IPFS work after Protocol Labs ends funding
The funding loss leaves InterPlanetary File System software without dedicated maintainers and puts the future of key public services in Protocol Labs’ hands.
Funding for InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) developer Shipyard has been discontinued by Protocol Labs, prompting the company to shut down its operations on September 30. This cessation of funding leaves key public services and projects associated with IPFS without dedicated maintenance and support. IPFS is an open-source protocol for storing and sharing data across peer-to-peer networks, while Protocol Labs is the research organization responsible for creating both IPFS and Filecoin, a blockchain network designed for incentivizing decentralized data storage.
Shipyard, an engineering collective established in 2024, will cease operating public infrastructure, including ipfs.io, dweb.link, delegated-ipfs.dev, and IPFS bootstrap nodes. While IPFS itself will not be shutting down, Shipyard's wind-down removes critical stewardship from many popular implementations and services. Protocol Labs plans to shift IPFS to "lighter-weight stewardship" through IPFS Foundation grants for individual maintainers, but development will continue on decentralized public infrastructure.
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