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Some interesting distributed networks (non-centrally controllable networks) (slrpnk.net)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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some projects/ideas i found in the last couple of years, that try to solve our current problem of the internet being a centralized structure that is controllable by big corporations or governments and not so easily usable with mesh technology or when not being connected for long amounts of time

https://scuttlebutt.nz/docs/introduction/

https://ipfs.tech/#why

https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/

https://www.inverse.com/science/39507-mesh-networks-net-neutrality-fcc

https://zeronet.io/

https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/low-budget-p2p-content-distribution-with-git.gmi

https://geti2p.net/en/

https://redecentralize.github.io/alternative-internet/

https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

https://netsukuku.freaknet.org/

https://hyperboria.net/

https://urbit.org/

https://agregore.mauve.moe/

https://www.hyphanet.org/

http://libertreeproject.org/

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Turns out Nostr's founder (who is a crypto-bro) is super sketchy:

https://www.businessinsider.com/jack-dorsey-fiatjaf-nostr-donation-2024-6

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

oh shit. super bad guy. glad i never installed a fucking client. fuck everything about this.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Wait till you find out about some of the nazis etc who have contributed to the linux kernel. One guy even murdered his wife! And Linus himself is... well let's just say some of his behavior is "problematic". Oh and Richard Stallman my lord. Lemmy/AP has some interesting people as well. Nostr is an open protocol worked on by dozens of people. I would also question the motives of a "journalist" who makes it their business to dox anonymous developers, especially people developing software that could get them imprisoned in certain countries.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

All the individuals you mentioned made their contributions and statements under their real names.

The Tor team largely publishes their work under their real names:

https://www.torproject.org/about/people/

They even have a board of directors:

https://blog.torproject.org/announcing-new-board-members/

Has the lead Nostro developer mentioned anything about his support for Olavo de Carvalho (the claim that "Pepsi-Cola was flavored with stem cells of aborted fetuses" is particularly wild)? I will note Stallman, Linus have provided feedback to public criticism of their statements/approaches.

The Lemmy tankie issue is definitely a major problem.