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Does the dat:// scheme have any history or did the developers of this Beaker browser invent it? Just curious since I haven't seen the protocol before.

by Sol- 8y ago

repolfx 8y ago
It's been around for a year or so. I was wondering when it'd make it to HN. It's very nicely done but unfortunately the only implementations are in javascript.
- pfraze 8y ago
  Rust implementation is in the works with grant funding, https://github.com/datrs https://github.com/datrs
  - repolfx 8y ago
    I'm not sure Rust is an especially great language for interop purposes or that the productivity will be high enough to keep up with the JavaScript implementation. If you want to make a library with a C compatible API I'd be tempted to explore SubstrateVM. It can export C symbols to the generated standalone .so / .dll files, maybe you can even reuse some of the JS code, or failing that, a Java/Kotlin implementation would be compiled down to native code or be usable from other scripting languages like Ruby.
- woah 8y ago
  It's been around for more than 4 years.
  - warent 8y ago
    I doubt it. datproject.org was registered two years ago, and their whitepaper was published last year https://github.com/datproject/docs/blob/master/papers/dat-paper.pdf https://github.com/datproject/docs/blob/master/papers/dat-pa... Where are you getting 4 years from?
    - woah 8y ago
      I know the people involved and they were definitely working on it (with funding) a long time ago. I remember talking with them about it around the time of the io.js fork which was in 2015. The project was up and running at that point.
    - filiwickers 8y ago
      It's been almost 5 years at this point somehow! Check out the first commit: https://github.com/datproject/dat/tree/464679267049899eafa345125a0f2212f91be456 https://github.com/datproject/dat/tree/464679267049899eafa34... Bit more on the funding history, etc. : https://blog.datproject.org/2017/09/15/dat-funding-history/ https://blog.datproject.org/2017/09/15/dat-funding-history/
wesleytodd 8y ago
https://datproject.org/ https://datproject.org/

Does the dat:// scheme have any history or did the developers of this Beaker browser invent it? Just curious since I haven't seen the protocol before.

by Sol- 8y ago

Does the dat:// scheme have any history or did the developers of this Beaker browser invent it? Just curious since I haven't seen the protocol before.

repolfx 8y ago

It's been around for a year or so. I was wondering when it'd make it to HN. It's very nicely done but unfortunately the only implementations are in javascript.

pfraze 8y ago
Rust implementation is in the works with grant funding, https://github.com/datrs https://github.com/datrs
- repolfx 8y ago
  I'm not sure Rust is an especially great language for interop purposes or that the productivity will be high enough to keep up with the JavaScript implementation. If you want to make a library with a C compatible API I'd be tempted to explore SubstrateVM. It can export C symbols to the generated standalone .so / .dll files, maybe you can even reuse some of the JS code, or failing that, a Java/Kotlin implementation would be compiled down to native code or be usable from other scripting languages like Ruby.
woah 8y ago
It's been around for more than 4 years.
- warent 8y ago
  I doubt it. datproject.org was registered two years ago, and their whitepaper was published last year https://github.com/datproject/docs/blob/master/papers/dat-paper.pdf https://github.com/datproject/docs/blob/master/papers/dat-pa... Where are you getting 4 years from?
  - woah 8y ago
    I know the people involved and they were definitely working on it (with funding) a long time ago. I remember talking with them about it around the time of the io.js fork which was in 2015. The project was up and running at that point.
  - filiwickers 8y ago
    It's been almost 5 years at this point somehow! Check out the first commit: https://github.com/datproject/dat/tree/464679267049899eafa345125a0f2212f91be456 https://github.com/datproject/dat/tree/464679267049899eafa34... Bit more on the funding history, etc. : https://blog.datproject.org/2017/09/15/dat-funding-history/ https://blog.datproject.org/2017/09/15/dat-funding-history/

wesleytodd 8y ago

https://datproject.org/ https://datproject.org/