# Indexing the Planet For Good

- Speakers: [Masih Derkani](https://streameth.org/speakers/masih-derkani)
- Event: [Protocol Berg](https://streameth.org/ethberlin/protocol_berg), Berlin
- Channel: [ETHBerlin](https://streameth.org/ethberlin)
- Date: 2023-09-15
- Duration: 23:56
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/65b8f8d4a5b2d09b88ec16b4

## Description

Immutable and verifiable content plays a key role in shaping the future of knowledge sharing for the good of all. At the same time, content represented in such a way amplifies the importance of routing; hashes are hard to remember, content keeps increasing, data moves and so do peers. This begs the question: how would we find “stuff” fast, efficiently and reliably without enabling centralised snooping? Find out what the InterPlanetary Network Indexer is addressing this issue for IPFS and FileCoin network.

## About the speakers

### Masih Derkani

Masih Derkani is a computer scientist and software engineer with a passion for building decentralized systems. He received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of St. Andrews, where his research focused on the intersection of distributed systems and key-based routing in peer-to-peer networks. Masih is a core contributor to the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), the InterPlanetary Network Indexer (IPNI), and Filecoin decentralized storage network. Throughout his career, he has worked on numerous other decentralized projects with a focus on large-scale data-intensive systems and high availability. Masih is dedicated to advancing the development of decentralized web and has a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions to complex problems in this space.