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Wonder what's up with the GNUnet (https://www.gnunet.org https://www.gnunet.org). Apparently there's still activity on it's development, but I didn't see adapta
by nirui 1mo ago
Wonder what's up with the GNUnet (https://www.gnunet.org https://www.gnunet.org). Apparently there's still activity on it's development, but I didn't see adaptation/integration, even in free software like Linux. Sure it's not 1.0 yet, but the open source world is filled with sub 1.0 software that works great.
A stable online identify is important, that's maybe why you rent those domains etc. But after rent and forego quite a few, I slowly realized that domain at it's current format isn't a stable presence, instead it's more like branding instead of an identify. If an identify can be operated by different people without it's previous operator agreeing, is it truly an identify?
But I do need an identify, always under my control as much as possible, so people can trust the content and service running on it without having to guess if it's still me operating it.
- summm 27d agoGnunet was and is incredibly advanced technology, solving many problems better than most p2p systems that came after, who never bothered to even look at those ideas, and implemented worse concepts from scratch (IPFS, veilid, libp2p...) However, it is exclusively academic, and the authors let themselves be distracted too much. The system was mainly developed by grad students who mostly leave after they have completed a barely working proof of concept for their thesis. It never had enough functionality running smoothly enough to attract a meaningful community, which would have been a prerequisite for a p2p network. It is so sad.
- nirui 24d agoHmmm, I was wondering who were the "volunteers or people paid to do fundamental research" (in their project docs), it turned out to be new grads LOL. But I wouldn't blame Torrent or IPFS, these project maybe less shiny, but they actually work, so :)