hippius

name	hippius
description	Hippius decentralized storage on Bittensor Subnet 75 — upload files, query storage, manage buckets via S3-compatible API. Use when user asks to upload to Hippius, check storage status, set up Hippius credentials, list buckets/files, or asks about IPFS vs S3 options.

Hippius Storage

Hippius is decentralized cloud storage on Bittensor SN75 with S3-compatible API.

Recommended path: S3 endpoint (s3.hippius.com) — the public IPFS node is deprecated.

Quick Reference

Key	Value
S3 Endpoint	https://s3.hippius.com
S3 Region	decentralized
Access Key Format	hip_xxxxxxxxxxxx
Console	console.hippius.com
Python CLI	pip install hippius (requires self-hosted IPFS node)

Setup

1. Get S3 credentials from console.hippius.com → Settings → API Keys
2. Set environment variables:

   export HIPPIUS_S3_ACCESS_KEY="hip_your_access_key"
   export HIPPIUS_S3_SECRET_KEY="your_secret_key"
   

3. Test: aws --endpoint-url https://s3.hippius.com --region decentralized s3 ls

Common Operations

Upload

aws --endpoint-url https://s3.hippius.com --region decentralized \
    s3  <file> s3://<bucket>/<key>