Ethereum-IPFS Example

[r0kk3rz]

On the main page of IPLD.io is the following example of its power:

Ethereum to IPFS Have your next contract refer to media on IPFS, perhaps modifying it and tracking its changes on each function execution. Seamlessly jump from function to object through IPLD addressing.

Now, I am by no means an expert on either IPFS or Ethereum but I'm reasonably sure this is nonsense, ethereum smart contracts just do not work this way.

What I think perhaps is mean't here is not 'contract' but 'smart contract backed distributed application' or 'dApp', ie. an application that looks at the ethereum blockchain and triggers smart contract functions based upon external events, some of which might be on IPFS.