Re: peer to peer global decentralized, distributed multi-media hypertext

[Thomas Lord]

None of the systems you named fit what I described, which is a
network of explicit peering (each node chooses and cooperates with
peers), using rsync to propagate multi-media hypertext.  Period.

-t



On 2021-03-26 22:27, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> On Saturday, March 27, 2021, <[1]libreplanet-discuss-request@
>    libreplanet.org> wrote:
>
>      From: Thomas Lord <[2]lord@basiscraft.com>
>      Message-ID: <[3]6bc558831387fffe03f01cf7bfa71dfa@basiscraft.com>
>      Has anyone explored a new approach to multi-media hypertext -- one
>      not
>      tied to centralized servers -- along the following, simple lines:
>      Such a system seems like an obvious step and a timely one to me, 
> but
>      is
>      anyone already doing it?  Would anyone like to start now?
>
>    there are indeed, Thomas.  FileMax, Holochain, Threefold,
>    P2pFoundation, Bitchute, gnunet, these are all efforts with varying
>    success and focus.
>
>    technically speaking, true peer distrbuted services are insanely 
> hard
>    to get right (and even harder to convince people to adopt).  some
>    people have worked on this for fifteen years and yet there is no one
>    clear "winner".
>
>    whilst i do not wish to discourage you or others, i would not want 
> you
>    to waste time duplicating something that will suck your time and 
> energy
>    needlessly from other equally important (unrelated) tasks.
>
>    to ensure that you (and others) focus on *useful* tasks, i have a
>    suggestion: do the research and put in a request for funding to 
> NLnet.
>
>    rhe reason i say that is not just because it will give you the
>    financial resources to see through your goal, NLnet backs well
>    researched *non duplicated* efforts and will help you by confirming
>    whether there are existing projects out there.  you can start by
>    checking on their website under "projects" and may find one already 
> in
>    progress to which you can usefully contribute.
>
>    l.
>
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> References
>
>    1. mailto:libreplanet-discuss-request@libreplanet.org
>    2. mailto:lord@basiscraft.com
>    3. 6bc558831387fffe03f01cf7bfa71dfa@basiscraft.com">mailto:6bc558831387fffe03f01cf7bfa71dfa@basiscraft.com
>    4. https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
>
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