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@vmx.cx wrote up a quick tour of what happened in IPLD and multiformats this year: 🧱 New (much faster!) modular crates for Rust IPLD 🐦 Migration guide if you're still using libipld ✅ Rust multiformats (cid, multihash, multibase) production-ready blog.ipfs.tech/2026-01-ipld...

blog.ipfs.techIPLD 2025 Review: From Monoliths to ModulesThe year that brought us modular Rust libraries, faster DAG-CBOR, stable multiformats, and a simpler on-ramp with DASL.

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The foundation is pretty solid, so for 2026 you can expect steady maintenance and minor updates. Plus coordination with DASL (a streamlined subset of IPLD) to ensure compatibility <3