An Off-Grid Social NetworksteemCreated with Sketch.

in technology •  8 years ago  (edited)

Scuttlebutt is a decentralized "meshnet" social network whose users can sync up even without an internet connection.

[C]reated by Dominic Tarr, a Node.js developer with more than 600 modules published on npm, who lives on a self-steering sailboat in New Zealand.

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So far, the network has received a dedicated social network desktop app, a Soundcloud alternative, a Viewer webapp, and a git layer (putting “distributed” back into “distributed version control”). These work seemlessly together: a person using the git layer to push a commit will record that on their diary, which is visible also in the social network app, for their friends. Currently, the community is using this to “eat their own dog food”, coordinating team work and contributing code all on the same platform, without any intermediate company. GitHub being down will rarely be a problem for them.

The full story: https://staltz.com/an-off-grid-social-network.html

How cool. Has anyone here used it? I feel there could be opportunity here for a symbiotic relationship with STEEM.

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