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So the landing page emphasizes a "network" aspect. Which really confused me, since I thought this was some VPN/Wireguard alternative. The header on "Start Dev

So the landing page emphasizes a "network" aspect. Which really confused me, since I thought this was some VPN/Wireguard alternative. The header on "Start Developing" is more informative: "The SAFE Network is a scalable, distributed application platform" It seems to be something like IPFS or Dat, with app development tooling, monetization, SSO, and a "privacy-first network".

joshuef 7y ago
It's a tough one to categorize. (I say that as a dev on the project) It's similar to IPFS in terms of the goal of distributed file storage. But it incentivizes users to store in non-blockchain way, sidestepping a lot of the size and throughput issues there. Connections are indeed anonymized. But as you can work with and update data in a distributed fashion, there's a lot of scope for applications. (We've previously built a simple twitter clone, using RDF data on an older testnet: https://github.com/maidsafe/safe-patter-js https://github.com/maidsafe/safe-patter-js) Things are still very much in development. Still Alpha stage. But There are things available for users to try! The Safe Primer (maintained by community members) may be a good place to start: https://primer.safenetwork.org/ https://primer.safenetwork.org/ The dev hub is sadly out of date with current things. The forum is very friendly and open to new folk and answering any questions: https://safenetforum.org https://safenetforum.org The main network website has more generalised info: https://safenetwork.tech/ https://safenetwork.tech/ Hope that's helpful!