You might also want to take note of the browser addons for firefox[1] and chrome[2].<p>Those redirect requests to public gateways (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;(gateway.)ipfs.ip&#x2F;ipfs&#x2F;$path" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;(gateway.)ipfs.ip&#x2F;ipfs&#x2F;$path</a>) to the http server of the local ipfs daemon. It fetches the content using bitswap protocol and makes it in turn available to other nodes, helping with the distribution.<p>[1] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;lidel&#x2F;ipfs-firefox-addon" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;lidel&#x2F;ipfs-firefox-addon</a>
[2] - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;dylanPowers&#x2F;ipfs-chrome-extension" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;dylanPowers&#x2F;ipfs-chrome-extension</a>