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That's what's got me excited - they've managed to articulate a vision for the future that I'm totally on board with: decentralized, privacy respecting, and user

by robto 7y ago

That's what's got me excited - they've managed to articulate a vision for the future that I'm totally on board with: decentralized, privacy respecting, and user owned. I really want to see that vision become a reality.

marknadal 7y ago
it is already here! If you use a mix of SSB, GUN, DAT, IPFS, & WebTorrent. SSB = Social-like P2P data. GUN = Firebase-like P2P data. SEA = End-to-end encryption. ( https://gun.eco/docs/SEA https://gun.eco/docs/SEA ) DAT = GIT-like P2P data. IPFS = Images/assets. WebTorrent = Video-like P2P data.
- philips 7y ago
  Are there example applications with some complexity on GUN?
  - marknadal 7y ago
    Yes, D.Tube, The Internet Archive, Notabug.io (warning: its getting spammed by altrighters currently), etc. Only saw your comment now, will reply on Twitter too - long time no see since #hashtheplanet !
    - philips 7y ago
      It would be great to get case studies with some information on how they use the platform into the docs. GUN sounds reasonable from the description but it is really difficult to visualize using it in a larger app.
      - marknadal 7y ago
        Case studies would be great, nobody is getting paid tho. What info you looking for? I can try digging it up for you. Notabug basically does everything Reddit does + more. Would that qualify as a larger app? What in particular, what do you think would be difficult?
Razengan 7y ago
For the internet to be truly decentralized, it needs to be so at the physical connectivity layer as well. Perhaps a worldwide swarm of drones creating a mesh network.
- OrgNet 7y ago
  Solar powered drone planes would be nice... or maybe even a swarm of satellites will eventually be possible.
  - Razengan 7y ago
    I'm picturing something more like bird-like or even moth-like drones, intelligently repositioning themselves to provide the widest coverage. Satellites are too big of a target, and not very transparent; e.g. we wouldn't know if someone went up there and installed some snooping hardware. The same can be said about drones, but with proper swarms the chances of you connected to a compromised drone would be less.
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- int_19h 7y ago
  I wonder how much Broadband-HamNet could scale in practice.

by robto 7y ago

marknadal 7y ago

it is already here! If you use a mix of SSB, GUN, DAT, IPFS, & WebTorrent. SSB = Social-like P2P data. GUN = Firebase-like P2P data. SEA = End-to-end encryption. ( https://gun.eco/docs/SEA https://gun.eco/docs/SEA ) DAT = GIT-like P2P data. IPFS = Images/assets. WebTorrent = Video-like P2P data.

philips 7y ago
Are there example applications with some complexity on GUN?
- marknadal 7y ago
  Yes, D.Tube, The Internet Archive, Notabug.io (warning: its getting spammed by altrighters currently), etc. Only saw your comment now, will reply on Twitter too - long time no see since #hashtheplanet !
  - philips 7y ago
    It would be great to get case studies with some information on how they use the platform into the docs. GUN sounds reasonable from the description but it is really difficult to visualize using it in a larger app.
    - marknadal 7y ago
      Case studies would be great, nobody is getting paid tho. What info you looking for? I can try digging it up for you. Notabug basically does everything Reddit does + more. Would that qualify as a larger app? What in particular, what do you think would be difficult?

Razengan 7y ago

For the internet to be truly decentralized, it needs to be so at the physical connectivity layer as well. Perhaps a worldwide swarm of drones creating a mesh network.

OrgNet 7y ago
Solar powered drone planes would be nice... or maybe even a swarm of satellites will eventually be possible.
- Razengan 7y ago
  I'm picturing something more like bird-like or even moth-like drones, intelligently repositioning themselves to provide the widest coverage. Satellites are too big of a target, and not very transparent; e.g. we wouldn't know if someone went up there and installed some snooping hardware. The same can be said about drones, but with proper swarms the chances of you connected to a compromised drone would be less.
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int_19h 7y ago
I wonder how much Broadband-HamNet could scale in practice.