This is a crude prototype of the `MANIFEST.json` file that was represented in the early SnapStack specifications. It uses Markdown syntax rather than JSON, to be easier for humans to maintain. After the manifest concepts are proven, we look forward to [...]
_This page was mostly written by Claude Sonnet 4.5 in 2025-10, under the supervision of Peter Kaminski. Peter Kaminski takes responsibility for its content._ For your information, the page [[IPNS name]] is a bridge from early SnapStack documents that [...]
In early versions of SnapStack, there was a presumption that IPNS would be used to advertise a folio using a persistent name (the IPNS address). It turns out that IPNS may not be practical yet, because it needs to be persistently republished, and [...]
- **Immutable snapshots**: every `ipfs add -r folder/` returns a new **CID** that cryptographically matches the exact bytes of that version. ([docs.ipfs.tech](https://docs.ipfs.tech/quickstart/publish_cli/)) - **A moving pointer**: publish the [...]