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Expand Up @@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ v0.toV1().toString()

### v1 to v0

Similarly, the built-in `ipfs cid format` command can be used to convert the other way from the command line:

```
$ ipfs cid format -v 0 bafybeigdyrzt5sfp7udm7hu76uh7y26nf3efuylqabf3oclgtqy55fbzdi
QmbWqxBEKC3P8tqsKc98xmWNzrzDtRLMiMPL8wBuTGsMnR
```

Given a CID v1, JS users can convert back to v0 using the `toV0()` method provided by the [`multiformats`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/multiformats) library:

```js
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