Connecting an IPFS node to the P2P network
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The config file ($IPFS_PATH/config) of every IPFS node has a list of bootstrap addresses.
Connect to other peers in the IPFS network.
Running the IPFS daemon command.
First, establish a p2p connection with the bootstrap nodes of Protocol Labs (the company behind IPFS).
Through these bootstrap nodes, it will further find hundreds of other peers.
Peers will talk through TCP, and UDP on port: 4001.
