IPFS websites

Your .gwei name can host a website. Set its contenthash record to an IPFS CID and the community gateway serves it at:

https://yourname.gwei.domains

Step by step

  1. Build your site. Any static site works: plain HTML, Astro, Hugo, whatever produces files in a folder.
  2. Add it to IPFS. Use any pinning service (Pinata, Storacha/web3.storage, Filebase) or your own IPFS node. You will get a CID like bafybei…. Prefer CIDv1 (starts with baf), since it is what gateways and subdomain resolution handle best.
  3. Set the contenthash. Open your name’s manage page → Records → Website, paste the CID or an ipfs://… URI, and confirm the transaction. The site encodes it into the standard binary contenthash format for you.
  4. Visit https://yourname.gwei.domains.

How the gateway works

The gateway is a small resolver that looks up your name’s contenthash directly from the contract and serves the content from IPFS. Your name is the single source of truth: update the contenthash and the site updates; nobody can serve different content under your name without your key.

Remember that the gateway is a convenience, not a dependency. The record onchain is what matters, and any IPFS-aware browser or gateway can resolve your content without it.

Keeping content alive

IPFS content stays retrievable only while at least one node pins it. Your name and its contenthash live onchain forever, but the content behind the CID is your responsibility: keep it pinned with your provider of choice, or on your own node.