# Content-Addressing: A Year In Review

DevFeed: [Content-Addressing: A Year In Review](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/content-addressing-a-year-in-review-35628.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipfs.tech/2026-01-year-in-review/>)

Author: Robin Berjon

Published: 2026-01-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [IPFS](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipfs.md>)

Topics: [content addressed store](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/content-addressed-store.md>), [IPFS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ipfs.md>), [P2P](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/p2p.md>)

Tags: [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [content](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/content.md>), [decentralized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/decentralized.md>), [ipfs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ipfs.md>), [object-object](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/object-object.md>), [peer-to-peer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/peer-to-peer.md>), [review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/review.md>), [year-in-review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/year-in-review.md>)

## AI overview

A 2025 year-in-review of content addressing describes its role in data verification and independence from centralized authorities. It highlights IPFS community progress toward a more modular technology suite, including standards, specifications, and purpose-built libraries.

## Source excerpt

Let's take a look at what happened in content addressing in 2025 -- it's a lot!