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The Cloud Strikes Back: Investigating the Decentralization of IPFS

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The Cloud Strikes Back: Investigating the Decentralization of IPFS. / Balduf, Leonhard; Korczynski, Maciej ; Ascigil, Onur et al.
IMC '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference. New York: ACM, 2023. p. 391-405.

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Balduf, L, Korczynski, M, Ascigil, O, Keizer, N, Pavlou, G, Scheuermann, B & Król, M 2023, The Cloud Strikes Back: Investigating the Decentralization of IPFS. in IMC '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference. ACM, New York, pp. 391-405. https://doi.org/10.1145/3618257.3624797

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Balduf, L., Korczynski, M., Ascigil, O., Keizer, N., Pavlou, G., Scheuermann, B., & Król, M. (2023). The Cloud Strikes Back: Investigating the Decentralization of IPFS. In IMC '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference (pp. 391-405). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3618257.3624797

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Balduf L, Korczynski M, Ascigil O, Keizer N, Pavlou G, Scheuermann B et al. The Cloud Strikes Back: Investigating the Decentralization of IPFS. In IMC '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference. New York: ACM. 2023. p. 391-405 doi: 10.1145/3618257.3624797

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Balduf, Leonhard ; Korczynski, Maciej ; Ascigil, Onur et al. / The Cloud Strikes Back : Investigating the Decentralization of IPFS. IMC '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference. New York : ACM, 2023. pp. 391-405

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