What is Pinata Cloud?
Pinata Cloud is a pinning service that allows users to host files on the IPFS network.
What is IPFS?
IPFS (Inter-Planetary File System protoco), is a peer-to-peer network for sharing and storing files. This works through a system of nodes where data can be pinned (or hosted) in a distributed manner. The advantages being that there is no single point of failure that would otherwise be prone to attacks or malfunction, while being cryptographically secure and not bound to a single location.
Pinata Cloud harnesses the power of IPFS technology to allow users to host decentralized website content, which can be linked to NFT domains so they can be resolved in browsers. While they offer the ability for users to build websites using our own templates, we also allow users to externally design and code from scratch or use a third-party builder. In these instances, the user is required to manually pin their website files to an IPFS node, then link the content to their domain.
