# Beyond Bitswap

Bitswap is the primary content exchange protocol of the IPFS network. In this module we’ll talk about opportunities to improve Bitswap through:

- Compression
- WANT message inspection
- Multi-hop content discovery

### Relevant Links

- → [Open Problem Enhanced Bitswap](https://github.com/protocol/ResNetLab/blob/master/OPEN_PROBLEMS/ENHANCED_BITSWAP_GRAPHSYNC.md)
- → [Beyond Bitswap RFCs](https://github.com/protocol/beyond-bitswap)

Links

[PDF Slides](https://www.slideshare.net/IoannisPsaras/module-beyond-bitswap)

[Google Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1biQbVIa-UbCBB74DQJhRkXnShoEORNhTZ-WC1jsvmZo/)