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> JavaScript implementation of the Bitswap data exchange protocol used by IPFS

# About

This module implements the [Bitswap protocol](https://docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/bitswap/) in TypeScript.

# Install

```console
$ npm i ipfs-bitswap
```

## Browser `<script>` tag

Loading this module through a script tag will make it's exports available as `IpfsBitswap` in the global namespace.

```html
<script src="https://unpkg.com/ipfs-bitswap/dist/index.min.js"></script>
```

# API Docs

- <https://ipfs.github.io/js-ipfs-bitswap>

# License

Licensed under either of

- Apache 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) / <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>)
- MIT ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) / <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>)

# Contribute

Contributions welcome! Please check out [the issues](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-bitswap/issues).

Also see our [contributing document](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING_JS.md) for more information on how we work, and about contributing in general.

Please be aware that all interactions related to this repo are subject to the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

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