AljoschaMeyer

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   by AljoschaMeyer 10y ago

   Patchwork is a user interface for displaying messages from the distributed database to the user, and to allow the user to add new messages. The underlying protocol supports arbitrary message types, patchwork exposes a UI for interacting wit
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   by AljoschaMeyer 10y ago

   You can also use the same keypair on multiple devices. This however results in another problem: You could post content from both devices simultaneously. But the underlying protocol requires each message to refer to the previous message by t
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   by AljoschaMeyer 10y ago

   (Public) information is not only shared between friends, but also between friends of friends. So as long as they have common friends connected to the internet, the data flows without problems. To help with this situation, the network includ
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   by AljoschaMeyer 10y ago

   Yep, that's how it works.
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   by AljoschaMeyer 10y ago

   Especially since the implementation details are not set in stone. Once the lower-level protocols start to stabilize, more efficient implementations will probably emerge.
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   by AljoschaMeyer 10y ago

   Currently, a user can simply post an `about` message in the stream. Clients will then automatically use this name instead of the key.