A study of piracy content on IPFS

Abstract

IPFS is web3.0, it maps content to a specific hash address. IPFS bases search engines are hosting data in the form of CIDs which is also carrying dark web traffic. Dark web is a topic of serious concern because it has become a growth area for clandestine entities catering to forbidden activities and services such as illegal drugs and weapons, child pornography, sensitive information such as stolen credit card information. As a result, it is now being investigated by researchers, law enforcement agencies, security companies, and academic institutions around the world. However, there is not an efficient investigation method. This thesis proposed a method for studying IPFS content in light of piracy and data set is made by crawling hashes using IPFS Search and web crawlers which later can be used for research purposes