PL EngRes All Hands: June 2023 (IPFS, Filecoin, libp2p + IPLD)
Channel: Protocol Labs
Date: 14/06/2023

The PL Engineering and Research (EngRes) Workgroup is formed by teams of core protocol developers, network researchers, and experienced contributors in the Protocol Labs Network. The PL EngRes WG mission is to scale and unlock new opportunities for IPFS, Filecoin, libp2p + IPLD, drive breakthroughs in protocol utility & capability, and scale network-native research & development across the PL Network. 

The PL EngRes WG hosts monthly all hands meetings to check in on progress, and showcase the growth and new capabilities being unlocked by these research & development teams. 

View the EngRes All Hands slides: https://bit.ly/3N4AY07

To get involved, come find us on Filecoin Slack (https://filecoin.io/slack) 

You can also follow along with PL EngRes WG priorities and progress in realtime on our public Notion page (https://bit.ly/41jlECW)

*Agenda*
- 00:05 - Welcome (momack)
- 03:50 - 2023 IPFS. + Filecoin WIP Breakthroughs
- 05:51 - Progress on WIP PL EngRes Big Bets
- 09:47 - EngRes 2023 Objective: Q2 Goals
- 16:07 - IPFS Updates
- 17:10 - IPFS Protocol/Implementation Highlights
- 19:35 - IPDX Highlights
- 21:15 - libp2p Highlights
- 25:35 - Filecoin Highlights

TEAM UPDATES
30:10 - Bedrock
31:50 - Retrieval Markets
33:38 - CryptoNet
33:43 - drand

SPOTLIGHTS
37:08 - HackFS - Niki Gokani
38:18 - SPARK Retrieval Checker
39:36 - Js-ipfs deprecation
41:10 - Saturn - Decentralized Payouts
42:40 - ConsensusDay June 5-6

DEEP DIVE
44:35 - Sentinel - Lily Performance Optimization