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− | {{glossary}}<onlyinclude>[[Peer-to-peer | + | {{glossary}}<onlyinclude>[[Peer-to-peer]] networks are known for their robustness and reliability. The way peers connect with other instances to form the network creates a peer-to-peer infrastructure. It enables users to connect directly with each other as desired to exchange products and services without having to employ middlemen as in the current centralised 'client-server' approach. |
In general, peer-to-peer networks can be formed directly between people or [[organisation]]s or can be formed from many different computers and devices communicating together through the same peer-to-peer networking software. At [[Organic Design]] we're developing the [[Platform specification]] which allows people and organisations to operate as part of a [[unified ontology]] which contains both the [[Platform network]] of people and organisations [[alignment|align]]ed with the specification, and also [[the Network]] of informational devices.</onlyinclude> | In general, peer-to-peer networks can be formed directly between people or [[organisation]]s or can be formed from many different computers and devices communicating together through the same peer-to-peer networking software. At [[Organic Design]] we're developing the [[Platform specification]] which allows people and organisations to operate as part of a [[unified ontology]] which contains both the [[Platform network]] of people and organisations [[alignment|align]]ed with the specification, and also [[the Network]] of informational devices.</onlyinclude> | ||
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We know that somehow the Internet must be used to achieve this goal since it allows people all over the world to connect and share knowledge directly. But for us to use the Internet to organise into a community together, we need to change the way we use it. The currently dominant method of viewing and collaborating on the Internet, the World Wide Web, is not structured in a way that promotes the formation of people into a community from the bottom up, it doesn't match the way that cells organise themselves. The web is a centralised top-down structure, but it's the peer-to-peer networks that offer a foundation to work from which really mimics cellular organisation. | We know that somehow the Internet must be used to achieve this goal since it allows people all over the world to connect and share knowledge directly. But for us to use the Internet to organise into a community together, we need to change the way we use it. The currently dominant method of viewing and collaborating on the Internet, the World Wide Web, is not structured in a way that promotes the formation of people into a community from the bottom up, it doesn't match the way that cells organise themselves. The web is a centralised top-down structure, but it's the peer-to-peer networks that offer a foundation to work from which really mimics cellular organisation. | ||
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+ | == Articles == | ||
+ | *[https://www.economist.com/special-report/2018/06/28/how-to-fix-what-has-gone-wrong-with-the-internet How to fix what's gone wrong with the internet] | ||
+ | *[https://medium.com/@designforsustainability/collaborative-consumption-and-peer-to-peer-collaboration-d6e40c04e2e2 Excellent article on the state of collaborative society and related projects] | ||
+ | *[http://fee.org/the_freeman/detail/how-far-can-the-p2p-revolution-go How Far Can the P2P Revolution Go?] ''- will the sharing economy replace the State? by Jeffrey Tucker'' | ||
+ | *[http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/12/the-mission-to-decentralize-the-internet.html The Mission to Decentralise the Internet] | ||
+ | *[http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/02/20/p2pbased_economy_the_political_power.htm P2P-Based Economy: The Political Power Of Peer-To-Peer Networks] | ||
+ | *[http://www.shareable.net/blog/the-future-now-an-interview-with-david-de-ugarte The Future Now] ''- an Interview with David de Ugarte'' | ||
+ | *[http://theconversation.edu.au/say-hola-to-the-newest-route-around-web-censorship-11845 Say Hola! to the newest route around web censorship] | ||
+ | *[http://freenetproject.org/philosophy.html Freenet philosophy] | ||
== Videos == | == Videos == | ||
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyyGEVyA9ZA&feature=player_embedded How P2P Can Continue To Grow] | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyyGEVyA9ZA&feature=player_embedded How P2P Can Continue To Grow] | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKJ4Gz0kEWc&feature=player_embedded The Relationship Between the People and the Technology] | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKJ4Gz0kEWc&feature=player_embedded The Relationship Between the People and the Technology] | ||
+ | *[http://www.masternewmedia.org/peer_to_peer_social_political_and_economic_issues_in_a_p2p_world_-_a_video_interview_with_michel_bauwens/ Social, Political, And Economic Issues In A P2P World - Interview With Michel Bauwens] | ||
== P2P protocols and file-systems == | == P2P protocols and file-systems == | ||
− | *[https://www. | + | *[https://www.datprotocol.com/ DAT protocol] ''- public-key-addressed file archives which can be synced securely and browsed on-demand'' |
− | *[ | + | **[https://datprotocol.github.io/how-dat-works/ How DAT works] |
+ | **[https://github.com/datproject/docs/blob/master/docs/hyperdrive_spec.md#hypercore-feeds Hyperdrive + Hypercore] | ||
*[http://ipfs.io/ IPFS: The Permanent Web] ''- IPFS is a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem'' | *[http://ipfs.io/ IPFS: The Permanent Web] ''- IPFS is a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem'' | ||
**[https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/akasha-project-unveils-decentralized-social-media-network-based-on-ethereum-and-ipfs-1462551273 Akasha] ''- IPFS + [[Ethereum]]'' | **[https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/akasha-project-unveils-decentralized-social-media-network-based-on-ethereum-and-ipfs-1462551273 Akasha] ''- IPFS + [[Ethereum]]'' | ||
+ | *[[w:WebRTC|WebRTC]] ''- browser-to-browser communications protocol initiated in 2011 and now in draft form at W3C'' | ||
+ | **[https://medium.com/@nile.js.webrtc/introducing-nile-js-81d83a31cfe3 Nile.js WebRTC-based in-browser video-streamimg] | ||
+ | **[https://webtorrent.io WebTorrent] ''- a browser-based torrent client based on WebRTC'' | ||
+ | **[https://www.nebulis.io Nebulis] ''- new DNS content network built on IPFS and Ethereum'' | ||
+ | *[http://sammantics.com/blog/2016/7/27/hashgraph-consensus Hashgraph consensus] ''- a new way of doing decentralised consensus without a blockchain'' | ||
*[https://www.torproject.org/ The TOR project] | *[https://www.torproject.org/ The TOR project] | ||
*[http://www.i2p2.de/ I2P Anonymous Network] | *[http://www.i2p2.de/ I2P Anonymous Network] | ||
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*[[MaidSafe]] ''- could well be the holy grail of p2p!'' | *[[MaidSafe]] ''- could well be the holy grail of p2p!'' | ||
*[http://bitcloudproject.org Bitcloud] | *[http://bitcloudproject.org Bitcloud] | ||
− | + | *[https://libp2p.io/ LibP2P] ''- a modular network stack: run your network applications free from runtime and address services, independently of their location.'' | |
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== P2P markets == | == P2P markets == | ||
+ | *[https://nostr.com Nostr] ''- inspired by Scuttlebutt, but much simpler and more extensible (including organisation and markets)'' | ||
*[http://bitcoinist.net/openbazaar-decentralized-marketplace-to-launch-next-week/ OpenBazaar] ''- decentralised marketplace'' | *[http://bitcoinist.net/openbazaar-decentralized-marketplace-to-launch-next-week/ OpenBazaar] ''- decentralised marketplace'' | ||
*[http://cointelegraph.com/news/112286/bitxbay-the-first-open-source-p2p-online-trading-platform BitXBay] ''- another decentralised marketplace'' | *[http://cointelegraph.com/news/112286/bitxbay-the-first-open-source-p2p-online-trading-platform BitXBay] ''- another decentralised marketplace'' | ||
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*[https://go.airbitz.co/airbitz-dark-wallet-win-bitcoin-hackathon-darkmarket/ Dark Wallet] ''- Airbitz & Dark Wallet Devs Win Bitcoin Hackathon with DarkMarket!'' | *[https://go.airbitz.co/airbitz-dark-wallet-win-bitcoin-hackathon-darkmarket/ Dark Wallet] ''- Airbitz & Dark Wallet Devs Win Bitcoin Hackathon with DarkMarket!'' | ||
*[http://garumfundatio.org/bazar/ Bazar] ''- software developed by [http://garumfundatio.org/ Garum] for inter-cooperative trading'' | *[http://garumfundatio.org/bazar/ Bazar] ''- software developed by [http://garumfundatio.org/ Garum] for inter-cooperative trading'' | ||
+ | *[http://lichtman.ca/business/open-peer-to-peer-markets Open peer-to-peer markets] ''- eBook by Jeremy Lichtman'' | ||
+ | *[https://www.0xproject.com/ 0x project] ''- an Ethereum-based decentralised exchange protocol'' | ||
+ | *[https://reflowproject.eu/blog/dev-diary-our-journey-towards-the-reflowos/ REFLOW] ''- a p2p economic network'' | ||
== P2P communications == | == P2P communications == | ||
− | *[ | + | *[[Matrix]] ''- federated open source messaging protocol'' |
− | *[https://github.com/ricochet-im/ricochet/releases Ricochet] ''- serverless anonymous messaging'' | + | *<s>[https://github.com/ricochet-im/ricochet/releases Ricochet] ''- serverless anonymous messaging''</s> |
− | * | + | *<s>[[w:RetroShare|RetroShare]] ''- free software for encrypted, serverless email, Instant messaging, BBS and file-sharing based on a friend-to-friend network built on GPG''</s> |
− | + | *<s>[https://wiki.tox.im TOX] ''- p2p voice/video messaging system that has plugins for Pidgin and Adium''</s> | |
− | *[https:// | + | *<s>[[Bitmessage]]</s> |
== P2P (and federated server) social networks == | == P2P (and federated server) social networks == | ||
+ | *[https://nostr.com Nostr] ''- inspired by Scuttlebutt, but much simpler and more extensible'' | ||
+ | *[[Scuttlebutt]] | ||
*[https://github.com/lmatteis/peer-tweet PeerTweet] ''- another p2p Twitter'' | *[https://github.com/lmatteis/peer-tweet PeerTweet] ''- another p2p Twitter'' | ||
*[https://www.bitchute.com Bitchute] ''- a p2p youtube using [https://webtorrent.io WebTorrent]'' | *[https://www.bitchute.com Bitchute] ''- a p2p youtube using [https://webtorrent.io WebTorrent]'' | ||
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== Torrent sites == | == Torrent sites == | ||
+ | *[https://www.lifewire.com/top-torrent-sites-alternatives-to-kat-2483512 Top21 torrent search sites] | ||
*[http://torrentfreak.com/ TorrentFreak] ''- the place where breaking news, BitTorrent and copyright collide'' | *[http://torrentfreak.com/ TorrentFreak] ''- the place where breaking news, BitTorrent and copyright collide'' | ||
*<s>[http://kat.ph KICKASS Torrents]</s> | *<s>[http://kat.ph KICKASS Torrents]</s> | ||
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*[[Trust network]] | *[[Trust network]] | ||
*[[Cloud]] | *[[Cloud]] | ||
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*[[Wikipedia:Peer-to-peer|What is P2P?]] | *[[Wikipedia:Peer-to-peer|What is P2P?]] | ||
*[[w:Peer-to-peer (meme)|Peer-to-peer (meme)]] | *[[w:Peer-to-peer (meme)|Peer-to-peer (meme)]] | ||
*[http://p2pfoundation.net P2P Foundation Wiki] | *[http://p2pfoundation.net P2P Foundation Wiki] | ||
*[http://www.aphid.org/btsim/ a java applet that does a good job illustrating p2p as it relates to bittorrent] | *[http://www.aphid.org/btsim/ a java applet that does a good job illustrating p2p as it relates to bittorrent] | ||
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*[http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/breaking-bottlenecks-0111.html Breaking bottlenecks] ''- a new algorithm enables much faster dissemination of information through self-organizing networks with a few scattered choke points'' | *[http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/breaking-bottlenecks-0111.html Breaking bottlenecks] ''- a new algorithm enables much faster dissemination of information through self-organizing networks with a few scattered choke points'' | ||
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*[http://lasindias.org/the-p2p-mode-of-production/ The P2P mode of production] ''- an Indiano manifesto'' | *[http://lasindias.org/the-p2p-mode-of-production/ The P2P mode of production] ''- an Indiano manifesto'' | ||
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*[http://localorg.blogspot.com.br/2012/12/decentralizing-telecom.html Decentralising Telecom] | *[http://localorg.blogspot.com.br/2012/12/decentralizing-telecom.html Decentralising Telecom] | ||
− | *[http:// | + | *[http://siliconangle.com/blog/2017/03/04/lesson-amazon-web-services-outage-cloud-must-decentralized/ Lessons learned from the Amazon cloud outage] |
− | *[ | + | *[https://www.lifewire.com/top-torrent-sites-alternatives-to-kat-2483512 Top torrent sites as of 2017] |
+ | *[https://app.co/ App.co] ''- portal for Dapps across all technologies'' | ||
+ | *[http://p2pforever.org/ P2P forever] ''- p2p resources'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:14, 16 October 2023
Peer-to-peer networks are known for their robustness and reliability. The way peers connect with other instances to form the network creates a peer-to-peer infrastructure. It enables users to connect directly with each other as desired to exchange products and services without having to employ middlemen as in the current centralised 'client-server' approach.
In general, peer-to-peer networks can be formed directly between people or organisations or can be formed from many different computers and devices communicating together through the same peer-to-peer networking software. At Organic Design we're developing the Platform specification which allows people and organisations to operate as part of a unified ontology which contains both the Platform network of people and organisations aligned with the specification, and also the Network of informational devices.
Contents
Transcending centralisation is a necessity
It's a commonly known meme nowadays that our survival as a species depends on us figuring out how to live and work together as a single organism. Another well known concept is the fractal nature of life that allows us to equate the biological cell with a person, and a single person with the planetary organism. In his book Spontaneous Evolution, Bruce Lipton shows us that we can learn from our cells how to live together in peace and harmony as a single organism since they're a living example of it, and have been doing it for millions of years.
Many people who are strong believers in this idea of humans living fully in accord with nature think that technology has no place in this vision. But by looking at how the cells in the human body are able to live together as a community with a population of over fifty trillion reveals that technology is essential. The cells manufacture and maintain huge infrastructures including the equivalent of buildings that are tens of thousands of stories high, sophisticated networking systems and even an energy based financial and banking system.
We know that somehow the Internet must be used to achieve this goal since it allows people all over the world to connect and share knowledge directly. But for us to use the Internet to organise into a community together, we need to change the way we use it. The currently dominant method of viewing and collaborating on the Internet, the World Wide Web, is not structured in a way that promotes the formation of people into a community from the bottom up, it doesn't match the way that cells organise themselves. The web is a centralised top-down structure, but it's the peer-to-peer networks that offer a foundation to work from which really mimics cellular organisation.
Articles
- How to fix what's gone wrong with the internet
- Excellent article on the state of collaborative society and related projects
- How Far Can the P2P Revolution Go? - will the sharing economy replace the State? by Jeffrey Tucker
- The Mission to Decentralise the Internet
- P2P-Based Economy: The Political Power Of Peer-To-Peer Networks
- The Future Now - an Interview with David de Ugarte
- Say Hola! to the newest route around web censorship
- Freenet philosophy
Videos
- Why P2P Is Better Than Capitalism
- The Economic Viability of Peer Production
- The Potential For P2P To Unite the World
- How Peer Governance and Democracy Differ
- Michel Bauwens' Vision for the World
- Why People Are Afraid of P2P
- How P2P Can Change Our Monetary System
- Peer To Peer and Alternative Currencies
- How P2P Can Continue To Grow
- The Relationship Between the People and the Technology
- Social, Political, And Economic Issues In A P2P World - Interview With Michel Bauwens
P2P protocols and file-systems
- DAT protocol - public-key-addressed file archives which can be synced securely and browsed on-demand
- IPFS: The Permanent Web - IPFS is a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem
- WebRTC - browser-to-browser communications protocol initiated in 2011 and now in draft form at W3C
- Nile.js WebRTC-based in-browser video-streamimg
- WebTorrent - a browser-based torrent client based on WebRTC
- Nebulis - new DNS content network built on IPFS and Ethereum
- Hashgraph consensus - a new way of doing decentralised consensus without a blockchain
- The TOR project
- I2P Anonymous Network
- The Freenet Project
- guifi.net
- P2P DNS
Tonika - social routing with organic security- TomP2P
- Scalaris
- OpenBTS
- PeerVote
- Byzantium Linux
- Osiris
- NightWeb - secure private social web for mobile devices using BitTorrent over I2P
- BitTorrent Sync - creates a p2p drop-box, no cloud required
- Tent - the protocol for decentralized communication
- DeadDrops.com - public file-sharing with USB sticks
- MaidSafe - could well be the holy grail of p2p!
- Bitcloud
- LibP2P - a modular network stack: run your network applications free from runtime and address services, independently of their location.
P2P markets
- Nostr - inspired by Scuttlebutt, but much simpler and more extensible (including organisation and markets)
- OpenBazaar - decentralised marketplace
- BitXBay - another decentralised marketplace
- Arcade City - a distributed version of Uber ride sharing
- Dark Wallet - Airbitz & Dark Wallet Devs Win Bitcoin Hackathon with DarkMarket!
- Bazar - software developed by Garum for inter-cooperative trading
- Open peer-to-peer markets - eBook by Jeremy Lichtman
- 0x project - an Ethereum-based decentralised exchange protocol
- REFLOW - a p2p economic network
P2P communications
- Matrix - federated open source messaging protocol
Ricochet - serverless anonymous messagingRetroShare - free software for encrypted, serverless email, Instant messaging, BBS and file-sharing based on a friend-to-friend network built on GPGTOX - p2p voice/video messaging system that has plugins for Pidgin and AdiumBitmessage
P2P (and federated server) social networks
- Nostr - inspired by Scuttlebutt, but much simpler and more extensible
- Scuttlebutt
- PeerTweet - another p2p Twitter
- Bitchute - a p2p youtube using WebTorrent
- GitTorrent - a decentralised Github
- ZeroNet - crypto based decentralised websites
- Play - a torrent site on ZeroNet
- SamsaraP2P - new social network startup, donate to 1NLTpthtWmJdtqg9t8Xr3uK3jDd2keVdqH
- Aether - “It's Fairly Similar to Reddit, But It Doesn’t Have a Server Somewhere”, see interview with Burak Nehbit, Aether Dev
- Rumble - a decentralised and meshable Twitter-like system
- Ind.ie - Stratosphere - an interesting p2p social network project to keep an eye on
- Friendica - federated server social network
- GNU social - was status.net
- Hubzilla - the "everything is a channel" federated social network (was the red matrix)
Handbook of Peer-to-Peer Networking
- Xuemin Shen, Heather Yu, John Buford, Mursalin Akon,
- Springer | 2009 | ISBN: 0387097503 | 1403 pages | PDF | 10,2 MB
- torrent hash: C3BA9770 7C9E3C80 019DD55E 2207529A B876700D
- blocked in US?
Torrent sites
- Top21 torrent search sites
- TorrentFreak - the place where breaking news, BitTorrent and copyright collide
KICKASS Torrents- ExtraTorrent
- Play: A P2P Distributed Torrent Site That’s Impossible to Shut Down
See also
- Trust network
- Cloud
- What is P2P?
- Peer-to-peer (meme)
- P2P Foundation Wiki
- a java applet that does a good job illustrating p2p as it relates to bittorrent
- Breaking bottlenecks - a new algorithm enables much faster dissemination of information through self-organizing networks with a few scattered choke points
- The P2P mode of production - an Indiano manifesto
- Decentralising Telecom
- Lessons learned from the Amazon cloud outage
- Top torrent sites as of 2017
- App.co - portal for Dapps across all technologies
- P2P forever - p2p resources