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I'm a big fan of distributed systems (papers and implementations) and alternate networks. Fun projects that are active right now: - Usenet (yes, it's still ali

I'm a big fan of distributed systems (papers and implementations) and alternate networks. Fun projects that are active right now: - Usenet (yes, it's still alive!) - NNCP (friend-to-friend e2e encrypted network, doesn't need IP, can be airgapped) - Yggdrasil (an IPv6 overlay mesh network) - Retroshare (friend-to-friend P2P encrypted network with Chat, Messaging, and filesharing, and more) - Urbit (weird, distributed computation network) - Secure Scuttlebutt (P2P gossip-oriented network w/ crypto signatures) - Gemini (simpler version of the Web, document-oriented) There are definitely more projects out there but these are projects I play around with and enjoy using.

myself248 4y ago
Oh thank you, this dovetails perfectly into the offline/airgapped thread elsewhere on this page. I think of SSB and NNCP as related in that they both work with sporadically-connected nodes.
cropcirclbureau 4y ago
Check out Holochain[0] and the some of the projects in that space. They have some horrendous marketing and, unfortunately, the word "chain" in the title but they are also making some funky/radical P2P stuff. Basically, according to my understanding, every "agent" gets their own immutable blockchain (a la solid[1] pod) that's stored on a DHT and hApps (an assemblage of personal smart-contract like functions) running in a WASM runtime on your local machine modify and interact with this chain. There's also some scheme in place to make your peers do validation and punish bad agents. And most interestingly, no tokens in sight. (in the core at least. they're using those for some adjacent projects...I think). [0]: https://www.holochain.org/ https://www.holochain.org/ [1]: https://solidproject.org/ https://solidproject.org/
- eternityforest 4y ago
  I would prefer no immutable chains whatsoever, but this is a lot better than a public shared chain.
snvzz 4y ago
Why not Gopher?

myself248 4y ago

Oh thank you, this dovetails perfectly into the offline/airgapped thread elsewhere on this page. I think of SSB and NNCP as related in that they both work with sporadically-connected nodes.

cropcirclbureau 4y ago

Check out Holochain[0] and the some of the projects in that space. They have some horrendous marketing and, unfortunately, the word "chain" in the title but they are also making some funky/radical P2P stuff. Basically, according to my understanding, every "agent" gets their own immutable blockchain (a la solid[1] pod) that's stored on a DHT and hApps (an assemblage of personal smart-contract like functions) running in a WASM runtime on your local machine modify and interact with this chain. There's also some scheme in place to make your peers do validation and punish bad agents. And most interestingly, no tokens in sight. (in the core at least. they're using those for some adjacent projects...I think). [0]: https://www.holochain.org/ https://www.holochain.org/ [1]: https://solidproject.org/ https://solidproject.org/

eternityforest 4y ago
I would prefer no immutable chains whatsoever, but this is a lot better than a public shared chain.

snvzz 4y ago

Why not Gopher?