diff --git a/include/ipfs/namesys/namesys.h b/include/ipfs/namesys/namesys.h
index 43fb8f6..9ff92dd 100644
--- a/include/ipfs/namesys/namesys.h
+++ b/include/ipfs/namesys/namesys.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
     typedef struct s_mpns {
         resolvers  *resolver;
-        publishers *Publisher;
+        publishers *publisher;
     } mpns;
 
     typedef struct s_tlds {
@@ -73,30 +73,30 @@
         int  condition;
     } tlds;
 
-    int resolve (resolver *r, char **p, char *str, int depth, char **prefixes);
-    int Resolve(char **path, char *name);
-    int ResolveN(char **path, char *name, int depth);
-    int resolveOnce (char **path, char *name);
-    int Publish (char *proto, ciPrivKey name, char *value);
-    int PublishWithEOL (char *proto, ciPrivKey name, char *value, time_t eol);
+    int ipfs_namesys_resolve (resolver *r, char **p, char *str, int depth, char **prefixes);
+    int ipfs_namesys_resolve(char **path, char *name);
+    int ipfs_namesys_resolve_n(char **path, char *name, int depth);
+    int ipfs_namesys_resolve_once (char **path, char *name);
+    int ipfs_namesys_publish (char *proto, ciPrivKey name, char *value);
+    int ipfs_namesys_publish_with_eol (char *proto, ciPrivKey name, char *value, time_t eol);
 
-    int ProquintIsProquint(char *str);
-    char *ProquintEncode(char *buf, int size);
-    char *ProquintDecode(char *str);
-    int ProquintResolveOnce (char **p, char *name);
+    int ipfs_proquint_is_proquint(char *str);
+    char *ipfs_proquint_encode(char *buf, int size);
+    char *ipfs_proquint_decode(char *str);
+    int ipfs_proquint_resolve_once (char **p, char *name);
 
-    int domainMatchString (char *d);
-    int IsICANNTLD(char *s);
-    int IsExtendedTLD (char *s);
-    int IsTLD (char *s);
-    int IsDomain (char *s);
+    int ipfs_isdomain_match_string (char *d);
+    int ipfs_isdomain_is_icann_tld(char *s);
+    int ipfs_isdomain_is_extended_tld (char *s);
+    int ipfs_isdomain_is_tld (char *s);
+    int ipfs_isdomain_is_domain (char *s);
 
     typedef struct s_DNSResolver {
         // TODO
     } DNSResolver;
 
-    int DNSResolverResolveOnce (DNSResolver *r, char **path, char *name);
-    int workDomain (int output, DNSResolver *r, char *name);
-    int parseEntry (char **Path, char *txt);
-    int tryParseDnsLink (char **Path, char *txt);
+    int ipfs_dns_resolver_resolve_once (DNSResolver *r, char **path, char *name);
+    int ipfs_dns_work_domain (int output, DNSResolver *r, char *name);
+    int ipfs_dns_parse_entry (char **Path, char *txt);
+    int ipfs_dns_try_parse_dns_link (char **Path, char *txt);
 #endif //NAMESYS_H
diff --git a/include/ipfs/path/path.h b/include/ipfs/path/path.h
index f2a97c1..0a1541f 100644
--- a/include/ipfs/path/path.h
+++ b/include/ipfs/path/path.h
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@
        ErrNoLinkFmt
    } PathErrs;
 
-   char* PathFromCid (struct Cid *c);
-   char** SplitN (char *p, char *delim, int n);
-   char** Segments (char *p);
-   int SegmentsLength (char **s);
-   void FreeSegments (char ***s);
-   int IsJustAKey (char *p);
-   int PopLastSegment (char **str, char *p);
-   char *PathFromSegments(char *prefix, char **seg);
-   int ParseCidToPath (char *dst, char *txt);
-   int ParsePath (char *dst, char *txt);
-   int PathIsValid (char *p);
+   char* ipfs_path_from_cid (struct Cid *c);
+   char** ipfs_path_split_n (char *p, char *delim, int n);
+   char** ipfs_path_split_segments (char *p);
+   int ipfs_path_segments_length (char **s);
+   void ipfs_path_free_segments (char ***s);
+   int ipfs_path_is_just_a_key (char *p);
+   int ipfs_path_pop_last_segment (char **str, char *p);
+   char *ipfs_path_from_segments(char *prefix, char **seg);
+   int ipfs_path_parse_from_cid (char *dst, char *txt);
+   int ipfs_path_parse (char *dst, char *txt);
+   int ipfs_path_is_valid (char *p);
 #endif // IPFS_PATH_H
diff --git a/namesys/base.c b/namesys/base.c
index ff4cc03..03da6dc 100644
--- a/namesys/base.c
+++ b/namesys/base.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include "ipfs/path/path.h"
 #include "ipfs/namesys/namesys.h"
 
-int resolve (resolver *r, char **p, char *str, int depth, char **prefixes)
+int ipfs_namesys_base_resolve (resolver *r, char **p, char *str, int depth, char **prefixes)
 {
     int err, i;
     char ipfs_prefix[] = "/ipfs/";
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int resolve (resolver *r, char **p, char *str, int depth, char **prefixes)
         }
         for (i = 0 ; prefixes[i] ; i++) {
             if (memcmp(*p, prefixes[i], strlen(prefixes[i])) == 0) {
-                if (SegmentsLength(prefixes) == 1) {
+                if (ipfs_path_segments_length(prefixes) == 1) {
                     str += strlen(prefixes[i]);
                 }
                 break;
diff --git a/namesys/dns.c b/namesys/dns.c
index 454bc1b..0991a8d 100644
--- a/namesys/dns.c
+++ b/namesys/dns.c
@@ -48,18 +48,18 @@ type lookupRes struct {
 // resolveOnce implements resolver.
 // TXT records for a given domain name should contain a b58
 // encoded multihash.
-int DNSResolverResolveOnce (char **path, char *name)
+int ipfs_dns_resolver_resolve_once (char **path, char *name)
 {
     char **segments, *domain, *dnslink, buf[500], dlprefix[] = "_dnslink.";
     int p1[2], p2[2], r, c=2;
     struct pollfd event[2], *e;
 
-    segments = SplitN(name, "/", 2);
+    segments = ipfs_path_split_n(name, "/", 2);
     domain = segments[0];
 
     *path = NULL;
 
-    if (!IsDomain(domain)) {
+    if (!ipfs_isdomain_is_domain(domain)) {
         return ErrInvalidDomain;
     }
     //log.Infof("DNSResolver resolving %s", domain);
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ int DNSResolverResolveOnce (char **path, char *name)
             return ErrPipe;
         case 0: // child
             close(p1[STDIN_FILENO]); // we don't need to read at child process.
-            return workDomain (p1[STDOUT_FILENO], r, domain);
+            return ipfs_dns_work_domain (p1[STDOUT_FILENO], r, domain);
     }
     close(p1[STDOUT_FILENO]); // we don't need to write at main process.
     r = fork();
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int DNSResolverResolveOnce (char **path, char *name)
             strcpy (dnslink, dlprefix);
             strcat (dnslink, domain);
 
-            return workDomain (p2[STDOUT_FILENO], r, dnslink);
+            return ipfs_dns_work_domain (p2[STDOUT_FILENO], r, dnslink);
     }
     close(p2[STDOUT_FILENO]); // we don't need to write at main process.
 
@@ -137,23 +137,23 @@ int DNSResolverResolveOnce (char **path, char *name)
         return ErrResolveFailed;
     }
 
-    if (SegmentsLength (segments) > 1) {
+    if (ipfs_path_segments_length (segments) > 1) {
         name = *path + strlen(*path) - 1;
         while (*name == '/') {
             *name-- = '\0';
         }
         name = *path;
-        *path = PathFromSegments (name, segments+1);
+        *path = ipfs_path_from_segments (name, segments+1);
         free (name);
         if (!*path) {
             return ErrResolveFailed;
         }
     }
-    FreeSegments (&segments);
+    ipfs_path_free_segments (&segments);
     return 0;
 }
 
-int workDomain (int output, DNSResolver *r, char *name)
+int ipfs_dns_work_domain (int output, DNSResolver *r, char *name)
 {
     char **txt, *path;
     int i, err = r->lookupTXT(&txt, name);
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int workDomain (int output, DNSResolver *r, char *name)
     }
 
     for (i = 0 ; txt[i] ; i++) {
-        err = parseEntry (&path, txt[i]);
+        err = ipfs_dns_parse_entry (&path, txt[i]);
         if (!err) {
             err = (write (output, path, strlen(path)) != strlen(path));
             free (path);
@@ -176,12 +176,12 @@ int workDomain (int output, DNSResolver *r, char *name)
     return ErrResolveFailed;
 }
 
-int parseEntry (char **path, char *txt)
+int ipfs_dns_parse_entry (char **path, char *txt)
 {
     char buf[500];
     int err;
 
-    err = ParseCidToPath(buf, txt); // bare IPFS multihashes
+    err = ipfs_path_parse_from_cid(buf, txt); // bare IPFS multihashes
     if (! err) {
         *path = malloc(strlen(buf) + 1);
         if (!*path) {
@@ -190,16 +190,16 @@ int parseEntry (char **path, char *txt)
         strcpy(*path, buf);
         return 0;
     }
-    return tryParseDnsLink(path, txt);
+    return ipfs_dns_try_parse_dns_link(path, txt);
 }
 
-int tryParseDnsLink(char **path, char *txt)
+int ipfs_dns_try_parse_dns_link(char **path, char *txt)
 {
-    char **parts = SplitN(txt, "=", 2), buf[500];
+    char **parts = ipfs_path_split_n(txt, "=", 2), buf[500];
     int err;
 
-    if (SegmentsLength(parts) == 2 && strcmp(parts[0], "dnslink")==0) {
-        err = ParsePath(buf, parts[1]);
+    if (ipfs_path_segments_length(parts) == 2 && strcmp(parts[0], "dnslink")==0) {
+        err = ipfs_path_parse(buf, parts[1]);
         if (err == 0) {
             *parts = malloc(strlen(buf) + 1);
             if (! *parts) {
diff --git a/namesys/is_domain_test.c b/namesys/is_domain_test.c
index 35d6914..927558e 100644
--- a/namesys/is_domain_test.c
+++ b/namesys/is_domain_test.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	};
 
     for (i = 0 ; chk[i].str ; i++) {
-        if (IsDomain (chk[i].str) != chk[i].condition) {
+        if (ipfs_isdomain_is_domain (chk[i].str) != chk[i].condition) {
             printf ("Misclassification: %s should be %d\n", chk[i].str, chk[i].condition);
         }
     }
diff --git a/namesys/isdomain.c b/namesys/isdomain.c
index cd1e5a8..ec9d2ca 100644
--- a/namesys/isdomain.c
+++ b/namesys/isdomain.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include "ipfs/namesys/namesys.h"
 #include "ipfs/namesys/isdomain.h"
 
-void ToUpper(char *dst, char *src)
+void ipfs_isdomain_to_upper(char *dst, char *src)
 {
     while(*src) {
         *dst++ = toupper(*src++);
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ void ToUpper(char *dst, char *src)
     *dst = '\0';
 }
 
-int HasSuffix (char *s, char *suf)
+int ipfs_isdomain_has_suffix (char *s, char *suf)
 {
     char *p;
 
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ int HasSuffix (char *s, char *suf)
     return strcmp(p, suf) == 0;
 }
 
-int IsAtArray(tlds *a, char *s)
+int ipfs_isdomain_is_at_array(tlds *a, char *s)
 {
     char str[strlen(s)+1];
 
-    ToUpper(str, s);
+    ipfs_isdomain_to_upper(str, s);
     while(a->str) {
         if (strcmp(a->str, str) == 0) {
             return a->condition;
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ int IsAtArray(tlds *a, char *s)
     return 0;
 }
 
-int domainMatchString (char *d)
+int ipfs_isdomain_match_string (char *d)
 {
     char str[strlen(d)+1], *p = str, *l;
 
-    ToUpper(str, d);
+    ipfs_isdomain_to_upper(str, d);
 
     // l point to last two chars.
     l = p + strlen(p) - 2;
@@ -64,31 +64,31 @@ int domainMatchString (char *d)
     return 1; // valid
 }
 
-// IsICANNTLD returns whether the given string is a TLD (Top Level Domain),
+// ipfs_isdomain_is_icann_tld returns whether the given string is a TLD (Top Level Domain),
 // according to ICANN. Well, really according to the TLDs listed in this
 // package.
-int IsICANNTLD(char *s)
+int ipfs_isdomain_is_icann_tld(char *s)
 {
-    return IsAtArray (TLDs, s);
+    return ipfs_isdomain_is_at_array (TLDs, s);
 }
 
-// IsExtendedTLD returns whether the given string is a TLD (Top Level Domain),
+// ipfs_isdomain_is_extended_tld returns whether the given string is a TLD (Top Level Domain),
 // extended with a few other "TLDs", .bit, .onion
-int IsExtendedTLD (char *s)
+int ipfs_isdomain_is_extended_tld (char *s)
 {
-    return IsAtArray (ExtendedTLDs, s);
+    return ipfs_isdomain_is_at_array (ExtendedTLDs, s);
 }
 
-// IsTLD returns whether the given string is a TLD (according to ICANN, or
+// ipfs_isdomain_is_tld returns whether the given string is a TLD (according to ICANN, or
 // in the set of ExtendedTLDs listed in this package.
-int IsTLD (char *s)
+int ipfs_isdomain_is_tld (char *s)
 {
-    return IsICANNTLD (s) || IsExtendedTLD(s);
+    return ipfs_isdomain_is_icann_tld (s) || ipfs_isdomain_is_extended_tld(s);
 }
 
-// IsDomain returns whether given string is a domain.
+// ipfs_isdomain_is_domain returns whether given string is a domain.
 // It first checks the TLD, and then uses a regular expression.
-int IsDomain (char *s)
+int ipfs_isdomain_is_domain (char *s)
 {
     char str[strlen(s)];
     char *tld;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int IsDomain (char *s)
     strcpy(str, s);
     s = str; // work with local copy.
 
-    if (HasSuffix (s, ".")) {
+    if (ipfs_isdomain_has_suffix (s, ".")) {
         s[strlen(s) - 1] = '\0';
     }
 
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ int IsDomain (char *s)
 
     tld++; // ignore last dot
 
-    if (!IsTLD (tld)) {
+    if (!ipfs_isdomain_is_tld (tld)) {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    return domainMatchString(s);
+    return ipfs_isdomain_match_string(s);
 }
diff --git a/namesys/namesys.c b/namesys/namesys.c
index df74995..fd534a4 100644
--- a/namesys/namesys.c
+++ b/namesys/namesys.c
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ func NewNameSystem(r routing.ValueStore, ds ds.Datastore, cachesize int) NameSys
 
 const DefaultResolverCacheTTL = time.Minute;
 
-// Resolve implements Resolver.
-int Resolve(char **path, char *name)
+// ipfs_namesys_resolve implements Resolver.
+int ipfs_namesys_resolve(char **path, char *name)
 {
-    return ResolveN(path, name, DefaultDepthLimit);
+    return ipfs_namesys_resolve_n(path, name, DefaultDepthLimit);
 }
 
-// ResolveN implements Resolver.
-int ResolveN(char **path, char *name, int depth)
+// ipfs_namesys_resolve_n implements Resolver.
+int ipfs_namesys_resolve_n(char **path, char *name, int depth)
 {
     char ipfs_prefix[] = "/ipfs/";
     char p[500];
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ int ResolveN(char **path, char *name, int depth)
     int err;
     resolver r;
 
-    r.resolveOnce = resolveOnce;
+    r.resolveOnce = ipfs_namesys_resolve_once;
 
     if (memcmp(name, ipfs_prefix, strlen(ipfs_prefix)) == 0) {
-        ParsePath(p, name);
+        ipfs_path_parse(p, name);
         *path = malloc(strlen(p) + 1);
         if (*p) {
             strcpy(*path, p);
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ int ResolveN(char **path, char *name, int depth)
         }
         strcpy(str, ipfs_prefix);
         strcat(str, name+1);     // ignore inital / from name, because ipfs_prefix already has it.
-        err = ParsePath(p, str); // save return value.
+        err = ipfs_path_parse(p, str); // save return value.
         free (str);              // so we can free allocated memory before return.
         *path = malloc(strlen(p) + 1);
         if (*p) {
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ int ResolveN(char **path, char *name, int depth)
         return err;
     }
 
-    return resolve(&r, path, name, depth, ps);
+    return ipfs_namesys_resolve(&r, path, name, depth, ps);
 }
 
-// resolveOnce implements resolver.
-int resolveOnce (char **path, char *name)
+// ipfs_namesys_resolve_once implements resolver.
+int ipfs_namesys_resolve_once (char **path, char *name)
 {
     char ipns_prefix[] = "/ipns/";
     char *ptr = NULL;
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ int resolveOnce (char **path, char *name)
         }
         strcpy(ptr, ipns_prefix);
         strcat(ptr, name);
-        segs = Segments(ptr);
+        segs = ipfs_path_split_segments(ptr);
         free (ptr);
     } else {
-        segs = Segments(name);
+        segs = ipfs_path_split_segments(name);
     }
 
-    if (!segs || SegmentsLength(segs) < 2) {
+    if (!segs || ipfs_path_segments_length(segs) < 2) {
         //log.Warningf("Invalid name syntax for %s", name);
         return ErrResolveFailed;
     }
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ int resolveOnce (char **path, char *name)
         //log.Debugf("Attempting to resolve %s with %s", segments[1], ns[i]->resolver->protocol);
         err = ns[i]->resolver->func(&p, segs[1]);
         if (!err) {
-            if (SegmentsLength(segs) > 2) {
-                *path = PathFromSegments(p, segs+2);
+            if (ipfs_path_segments_length(segs) > 2) {
+                *path = ipfs_path_from_segments(p, segs+2);
             } else {
                 *path = p;
             }
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ int resolveOnce (char **path, char *name)
     return ErrResolveFailed;
 }
 
-// Publish implements Publisher
-int Publish (char *proto, ciPrivKey name, char *value)
+// ipfs_namesys_publish implements Publisher
+int ipfs_namesys_publish (char *proto, ciPrivKey name, char *value)
 {
     int i;
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int Publish (char *proto, ciPrivKey name, char *value)
     return ErrPublishFailed;
 }
 
-int PublishWithEOL (char *proto, ciPrivKey name, char *value, time_t eol)
+int ipfs_namesys_publish_with_eol (char *proto, ciPrivKey name, char *value, time_t eol)
 {
     int i;
 
diff --git a/namesys/proquint.c b/namesys/proquint.c
index b40a95d..ded1995 100644
--- a/namesys/proquint.c
+++ b/namesys/proquint.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static inline int vowsd(char c)
 * @return {bool} Whether or not it qualifies.
 * @return {error} Error
 */
-int ProquintIsProquint(char *str)
+int ipfs_proquint_is_proquint(char *str)
 {
     int i, c, l = strlen(str);
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int ProquintIsProquint(char *str)
 *
 * @return {string} The given byte slice as an identifier.
 */
-char *ProquintEncode(char *buf, int size)
+char *ipfs_proquint_encode(char *buf, int size)
 {
     char *ret;
     int i, c;
@@ -132,14 +132,14 @@ char *ProquintEncode(char *buf, int size)
 *
 * @return {[]byte} The identifier as a byte slice.
 */
-char *ProquintDecode(char *str)
+char *ipfs_proquint_decode(char *str)
 {
     char *ret;
     int i, c, l = strlen(str);
     uint16_t x;
 
     // make sure its a valid Proquint string.
-    if (!ProquintIsProquint(str) && ((l+1) % 3)==0) {
+    if (!ipfs_proquint_is_proquint(str) && ((l+1) % 3)==0) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -163,16 +163,16 @@ char *ProquintDecode(char *str)
 }
 
 // resolveOnce implements resolver. Decodes the proquint string.
-int ProquintResolveOnce (char **p, char *name)
+int ipfs_proquint_resolve_once (char **p, char *name)
 {
-    int err = ProquintIsProquint(name);
+    int err = ipfs_proquint_is_proquint(name);
     char buf[500];
 
     if (err) {
         *p = NULL;
         err = ErrInvalidProquint;
     } else {
-        err = ParsePath(buf, ProquintDecode(name));
+        err = ipfs_path_parse(buf, ipfs_proquint_decode(name));
         if (!err) {
             *p = malloc (strlen(buf) + 1);
             if (p) {
diff --git a/namesys/proquint_test.c b/namesys/proquint_test.c
index cd8c85c..5166dac 100644
--- a/namesys/proquint_test.c
+++ b/namesys/proquint_test.c
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ int main(void) {
                  NULL};
 
     for (i = 0 ; p[i] ; i++) {
-        r = ProquintDecode (p[i]);
+        r = ipfs_proquint_decode (p[i]);
         if (r) {
             struct in_addr ip_addr;
             memcpy (&(ip_addr.s_addr), r, sizeof(ip_addr.s_addr));
             printf ("%s\t%s", p[i], inet_ntoa(ip_addr));
-            s = ProquintEncode(r, sizeof(ip_addr.s_addr));
+            s = ipfs_proquint_encode(r, sizeof(ip_addr.s_addr));
             free (r);
             if (s) {
                 printf ("\t%s", s);
diff --git a/path/path.c b/path/path.c
index 21bfc4a..286089f 100644
--- a/path/path.c
+++ b/path/path.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <ipfs/path/path.h>
 
 // FromCid safely converts a cid.Cid type to a Path type
-char* PathFromCid (struct Cid *c)
+char* ipfs_path_from_cid (struct Cid *c)
 {
    const char prefix[] = "/ipfs/";
    char *rpath, *cidstr = CidString(c);
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ char* PathFromCid (struct Cid *c)
    return rpath;
 }
 
-char** SplitN (char *p, char *delim, int n)
+char** ipfs_path_split_n (char *p, char *delim, int n)
 {
    char *c, **r, *rbuf;
    int i, dlen = strlen(delim);
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@ char** SplitN (char *p, char *delim, int n)
    return r;
 }
 
-char** Segments (char *p)
+char** ipfs_path_split_segments (char *p)
 {
    if (*p == '/') p++; // Ignore leading slash
 
-   return SplitN (p, "/", -1);
+   return ipfs_path_split_n (p, "/", -1);
 }
 
-// Count Segments
-int SegmentsLength (char **s)
+// Count segments
+int ipfs_path_segments_length (char **s)
 {
    int r = 0;
 
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ int SegmentsLength (char **s)
    return r;
 }
 
-// free memory allocated by Segments
-void FreeSegments (char ***s)
+// free memory allocated by ipfs_path_split_segments
+void ipfs_path_free_segments (char ***s)
 {
    if (*s && **s) {
       free(**s); // free string buffer
@@ -91,25 +91,25 @@ void FreeSegments (char ***s)
    }
 }
 
-// IsJustAKey returns true if the path is of the form <key> or /ipfs/<key>.
-int IsJustAKey (char *p)
+// ipfs_path_is_just_a_key returns true if the path is of the form <key> or /ipfs/<key>.
+int ipfs_path_is_just_a_key (char *p)
 {
    char **parts;
    int ret = 0;
-   parts = Segments (p);
+   parts = ipfs_path_split_segments (p);
    if (parts) {
-      if (SegmentsLength (parts) == 2 && strcmp (parts[0], "ipfs") == 0) ret++;
-      FreeSegments(&parts);
+      if (ipfs_path_segments_length (parts) == 2 && strcmp (parts[0], "ipfs") == 0) ret++;
+      ipfs_path_free_segments(&parts);
    }
    return ret;
 }
 
-// PopLastSegment returns a new Path without its final segment, and the final
+// ipfs_path_pop_last_segment returns a new Path without its final segment, and the final
 // segment, separately. If there is no more to pop (the path is just a key),
 // the original path is returned.
-int PopLastSegment (char **str, char *p)
+int ipfs_path_pop_last_segment (char **str, char *p)
 {
-   if (IsJustAKey(p)) return 0;
+   if (ipfs_path_is_just_a_key(p)) return 0;
    *str = strrchr(p, '/');
    if (!*str) return ErrBadPath; // error
    **str = '\0';
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int PopLastSegment (char **str, char *p)
    return 0;
 }
 
-char *PathFromSegments(char *prefix, char **seg)
+char *ipfs_path_from_segments(char *prefix, char **seg)
 {
    int retlen, i;
    char *ret;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ char *PathFromSegments(char *prefix, char **seg)
    return ret;
 }
 
-int ParseCidToPath (char *dst, char *txt)
+int ipfs_path_parse_from_cid (char *dst, char *txt)
 {
    struct Cid *c;
    char *r;
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ int ParseCidToPath (char *dst, char *txt)
       return ErrCidDecode;
    }
 
-   r = PathFromCid(c);
+   r = ipfs_path_from_cid(c);
 
    if (!r) {
       return ErrCidDecode;
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ int ParseCidToPath (char *dst, char *txt)
    return 0;
 }
 
-int ParsePath (char *dst, char *txt)
+int ipfs_path_parse (char *dst, char *txt)
 {
    int err, i;
    char *c;
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ int ParsePath (char *dst, char *txt)
       if (*txt == '/') {
          txt++;
       }
-      err = ParseCidToPath (dst+plen, txt);
-      if (err == 0) { // only change dst if ParseCidToPath returned success.
+      err = ipfs_path_parse_from_cid (dst+plen, txt);
+      if (err == 0) { // only change dst if ipfs_path_parse_from_cid returned success.
          // Use memcpy instead of strcpy to avoid overwriting
-         // result of ParseCidToPath with a null terminator.
+         // result of ipfs_path_parse_from_cid with a null terminator.
          memcpy (dst, prefix, plen);
       }
       return err;
@@ -194,15 +194,15 @@ int ParsePath (char *dst, char *txt)
       strcpy (buf, txt+6); // copy to temp buffer.
       c = strchr(buf, '/');
       if (c) *c = '\0';
-      return ParseCidToPath(dst, buf);
+      return ipfs_path_parse_from_cid(dst, buf);
    } else if (strcmp (txt, "/ipns/") != 0) {
       return ErrBadPath;
    }
    return 0;
 }
 
-int PathIsValid (char *p)
+int ipfs_path_is_valid (char *p)
 {
    char buf[4096];
-   return ParsePath(buf, p);
+   return ipfs_path_parse(buf, p);
 }
diff --git a/path/resolver.c b/path/resolver.c
index 15e9e70..c4b410f 100644
--- a/path/resolver.c
+++ b/path/resolver.c
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 #include "ipfs/cid/cid.h"
 #include "ipfs/path/path.h"
 
-Resolver* NewBasicResolver (DAGService *ds)
+Resolver* ipfs_path_new_basic_resolver (DAGService *ds)
 {
     Resolver *ret = malloc(sizeof(Resolver));
     if (!ret) return NULL;
     ret->DAG = ds;
-    ret->ResolveOnce = ResolveSingle;
+    ret->ResolveOnce = ipfs_path_resolve_single;
     return ret;
 }
 
-// SplitAbsPath clean up and split fpath. It extracts the first component (which
+// ipfs_path_split_abs_path clean up and split fpath. It extracts the first component (which
 // must be a Multihash) and return it separately.
-int SplitAbsPath (struct Cid* cid, char ***parts, char *fpath)
+int ipfs_path_split_abs_path (struct Cid* cid, char ***parts, char *fpath)
 {
-    *parts = Segments(fpath);
+    *parts = ipfs_path_split_segments(fpath);
 
     if (strcmp (**parts, "ipfs") == 0) *parts++;
 
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ int SplitAbsPath (struct Cid* cid, char ***parts, char *fpath)
     return 0;
 }
 
-// ResolvePath fetches the node for given path. It returns the last item
-// returned by ResolvePathComponents.
-int ResolvePath(Node **nd, Context ctx, Resolver *s, char *fpath)
+// ipfs_path_resolve_path fetches the node for given path. It returns the last item
+// returned by ipfs_path_resolve_path_components.
+int ipfs_path_resolve_path(Node **nd, Context ctx, Resolver *s, char *fpath)
 {
     int err = IsValid(fpath);
     Node **ndd;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ int ResolvePath(Node **nd, Context ctx, Resolver *s, char *fpath)
     if (err) {
         return err;
     }
-    err = ResolvePathComponents(&ndd, ctx, s, fpath);
+    err = ipfs_path_resolve_path_components(&ndd, ctx, s, fpath);
     if (err) {
         return err;
     }
@@ -50,21 +50,21 @@ int ResolvePath(Node **nd, Context ctx, Resolver *s, char *fpath)
     return 0;
 }
 
-int ResolveSingle(NodeLink **lnk, Context ctx, DAGService *ds, Node **nd, char *name)
+int ipfs_path_resolve_single(NodeLink **lnk, Context ctx, DAGService *ds, Node **nd, char *name)
 {
-    return ResolveLink(lnk, name);
+    return ipfs_path_resolve_link(lnk, name);
 }
 
-// ResolvePathComponents fetches the nodes for each segment of the given path.
+// ipfs_path_resolve_path_components fetches the nodes for each segment of the given path.
 // It uses the first path component as a hash (key) of the first node, then
-// resolves all other components walking the links, with ResolveLinks.
-int ResolvePathComponents(Node ***nd, Context ctx, Resolver *s, char *fpath)
+// resolves all other components walking the links, with ipfs_path_resolve_links.
+int ipfs_path_resolve_path_components(Node ***nd, Context ctx, Resolver *s, char *fpath)
 {
     int err;
     struct Cid h;
     char **parts;
 
-    err = SplitAbsPath(&h, &parts, fpath);
+    err = ipfs_path_split_abs_path(&h, &parts, fpath);
     if (err) {
         return err;
     }
@@ -75,27 +75,27 @@ int ResolvePathComponents(Node ***nd, Context ctx, Resolver *s, char *fpath)
     //   return DAG_ERR_VAL;
     //}
 
-    return ResolveLinks(ctx, *nd, parts);
+    return ipfs_path_resolve_links(ctx, *nd, parts);
 }
 
-// ResolveLinks iteratively resolves names by walking the link hierarchy.
+// ipfs_path_resolve_links iteratively resolves names by walking the link hierarchy.
 // Every node is fetched from the DAGService, resolving the next name.
 // Returns the list of nodes forming the path, starting with ndd. This list is
 // guaranteed never to be empty.
 //
-// ResolveLinks(nd, []string{"foo", "bar", "baz"})
+// ipfs_path_resolve_links(nd, []string{"foo", "bar", "baz"})
 // would retrieve "baz" in ("bar" in ("foo" in nd.Links).Links).Links
-int ResolveLinks(Node ***result, Context ctx, Node *ndd, char **names)
+int ipfs_path_resolve_links(Node ***result, Context ctx, Node *ndd, char **names)
 {
     int err, idx = 0;
     NodeLink *lnk;
     Node *nd;
 
-    *result = calloc (sizeof(Node*), SegmentsLength(names) + 1);
+    *result = calloc (sizeof(Node*), ipfs_path_segments_length(names) + 1);
     if (!*result) {
         return -1;
     }
-    memset (*result, NULL, sizeof(Node*) * (SegmentsLength(names)+1));
+    memset (*result, NULL, sizeof(Node*) * (ipfs_path_segments_length(names)+1));
 
     *result[idx++] = ndd;
     nd = ndd; // dup arg workaround
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ int ResolveLinks(Node ***result, Context ctx, Node *ndd, char **names)
         //defer cancel()
 
         // for each of the path components
-        err = ResolveLink(&lnk, *names);
+        err = ipfs_path_resolve_link(&lnk, *names);
         if (err) {
             char msg[51];
             *result[idx] = NULL;