# Should we start using IPFS?

**URL:** <https://forums.counterparty.io/t/should-we-start-using-ipfs/2211>\
**Category:** Counterparty\
**Created:** [July 23, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/should-we-start-using-ipfs/2211 "2016-07-23T13:06:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![AdamBLevine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@AdamBLevine](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/AdamBLevine)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/should-we-start-using-ipfs/2211/5 "2016-07-29T15:21:51Z")

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> [@CIP Proposal: Blockchain Validated Asset Metadata (BVAM)](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/cip-proposal-blockchain-validated-asset-metadata-bvam/2210/1):
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> Blockchain Validated Asset Metadata provides a mechanism to define detailed information about a Counterparty asset without trusting a central web server to give you the correct data. At Tokenly, we anticipate a significant need for detailed asset metadata and expect other projects will benefit from having a shared standard. As such, we’d like to propose a formalized standard of BVAM and adopt it as a CIP. Here is the full proposal: This proposal builds on top of the idea proposed by @loon3.…

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