9E/ Secure Scuttlebutt: Peer-to-Peer Social Network

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Secure Scuttlebutt - Peer-to-peer Social Network


Wednesday 9E

Convener: Charles Lehner

Notes-taker(s): David Schmudde

Tags for the session - technology discussed/ideas considered:

#SSB


Discussion notes, key understandings, outstanding questions, observations, and, if appropriate to this discussion: action items, next steps:


Slides: https://ssb.celehner.com/iiwxxxi.pdf

Cypherlinks

Message: header info includes

Key: message id (the hash over the value)

Value: message number, previous message, signature, etc...

Blob:

Feed: a list of messages from a public user (a key)

Pubs

Servers that serve SSB

Can send out invite codes for other users to join

Patchwork: Main desktop client

Patchfox: SSB in Firefox