Are questions just about IPFS on-topic?

Question

This question may need improvement Add file to IPFS using API

but it leads to this meta question of whether IPFS-only questions are on-topic.

Opinions?

Answer 1

I'll probably stop asking these types of on-topic questions since the general answer could be:

It should be handled by the community: if enough flag a question as off-topic, then there is probably a good reason for it. If too many such questions keep getting flagged, then we discuss a more formal policy.

Answer 2

I'd say yes and no. For multiple reasons:

• Yes, because IPFS might become the successor of SWARM since the SWARM development is slow and still in very early stages.
• Yes, because IPFS content is a fundamental aspect of DApp development.
• No, because IPFS is not directly related Ethereum, Swarm and Whispter.

But that said, It's worth to rethink the scope of this Stack Exchange site somewhere in the near future, are decentralized systems (in general) on or off topic?; are smart-contract enabled blockchain systems (non-ethereum) on or off topic?

For now, I would teach the OP about the site's scope and encourage her to put the question in a ethereum related setting. I'm pretty sure it's about ethereum related dapp development, it's just not clearly stated.